{"id":1,"date":"2013-06-14T00:26:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T00:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDInet\/?p=1"},"modified":"2017-08-15T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T19:15:19","slug":"1998-cwdi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/1998-cwdi\/","title":{"rendered":"1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1998-Japan-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2089\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1998-Japan-001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1998 Japan 001\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1998-Japan-001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1998-Japan-001-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies<\/h2>\n<h3>The 1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies focuses the number of women holding board director positions in Japan. The study found that women held .2% of all publicly-held board seats in Japan.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Key Findings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>That Japanese women hold only .2% of all corporate board seats in publicly-held companies is the key finding of the <b><i>1998 Report on Women Directors of Japanese Companies<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 The report identifies only 81 women board directors from a total of 43,115 directors.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>&#8220;Since corporate board directors tend to be senior executives in most companies, it is clear that the glass ceiling in executive positions for women has led to a glass ceiling in corporate directorships,&#8221; states Irene Natividad, co-chair of Corporate Women Directors International.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Joining Ms. Natividad in releasing the <i>1998 CWDI Report<\/i> was her CO-chair, <b><i>Jean Sisco<\/i><\/b>, who has served on the boards of 21 companies; <b><i>Merle Aiko Okawara<\/i><\/b>, one of only four Japanese women who serve on two corporate boards; and <b> <i>Nieves Confesor<\/i><\/b>, former Secretary of Labor of the Philippines and corporate board member.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>The <i>1998 Report<\/i> provides an analysis and directory of women directors holding board seats in companies listed in Japan&#8217;s eight stock exchanges, as well as those unlisted companies whose stocks are traded over-the-counter.\u00a0 Okawara, a board director in two OTC companies, stresses &#8220;the importance of the Report in providing base line information against which future progress can be measured.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2034\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"573\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1.jpg 573w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>To <strong> order a copy<\/strong> of the 1998 CWDI Report on Japan, <a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CWDI-Order-Form.pdf\"><strong> please click here<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies The 1998 CWDI Report: Women Board Directors of Japanese Companies focuses the number of women holding board director positions in Japan. 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