(The Asahi Shimbun/ Getty Images)Yuka Ogata wanted to make a point about the challenges working women face in Japan. Ogata had hardly sat down before four men, including Chairman Yoshitomo Sawada, confronted her about bringing the baby into the chamber. “It wasn’t appropriate.”The session started 40 minutes late after Ogata asked to accompany Sawada, with her baby, to his office to discuss the matter. Sawada opened the session by apologizing to the assembly members for the delay. [ The Japanese art of making school lunch (and not a PB&J in sight) ]Politics is a difficult profession for women in Japan.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2017 10:35 UTC