Nov 11 (NHK) - Japan's top business lobby says it wants to raise the percentage of women executives in the country to at least 30 percent in the next 10 years.
It is the first time for the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, to announce a long-term numeric target.
Keidanren says significantly increasing the number of women in senior roles would help create a society with diverse career options.
It is also calling for more focused investments in digital technologies to spur new industries in fields such as healthcare and education.
Keidanren also proposes expanding the use of renewable energy and the promotion of nuclear power generation.
It says work will need to begin over the next 10 years on new types of safe nuclear plants.
Keidanren says this will help achieve the government's goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions effectively to zero by 2050.
