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Old 11-08-2007, 10:21 PM   #1
ZenGum
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Originally Posted by aero geek View Post
To quote Tiger Tanaka in the James Bond movie "You only live twice":

Tiger Tanaka: Rule number two: in Japan, men come first, women come second.

Almost as valid (for Japan) in 2007 as it was in 1967 I suspect.
A timely update:
Quote:
Japan finishes 91st in world gender equality rankings
(Kyodo) _ Japan ranks 91st in terms of gender equality among the world's 128 countries, slipping 11 ranks from a year ago, according to the latest annual report released by Swiss-based think tank World Economic Forum on Thursday.
Full story at http://asia.news.yahoo.com/071108/kyodo/d8sphj201.html
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