03/08, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

The Tokyo stock market reaches a 15-month high and domestic airlines stoke demand with cut-rate fares this spring. Meanwhile, 32% of women in Japan are said to have considered switching jobs due the gender gap at work, while one a young actress has accused a lawyer of being guilty of the very same thing he is fighting: sexual harassment. And with today being International Women’s Day, films and documentaries at the National Film Archive of Japan celebrate “Women Who Made Japanese Cinema” from the Silent Era through to the 1960s. — Get in touch: [email protected] Leave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook Instagram: @notebook_pod Twitter: @notebook_pod — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices