Campaigners call for doubling female lawmakers in 10 yrs

Campaigners call for doubling female lawmakers in 10 yrs

Photo taken April 10, 2016, in Tokyo shows a symposium to commemorate the 70th anniversary of women first exercising the vote in Japan, held in Tokyo on April 10, 2016. Drawing about 400 participants, including parliamentarians and lawyers, it called for doubling the number of female lawmakers in the country in 10 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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