New York Times – Miki Tanikawa
“According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, women accounted for 14 percent of the science and engineering students at Japanese universities, even though they represented 43 percent of college students over all, excluding medical and agricultural schools. In the humanities, they make up 66 percent. Voices are now growing within both government and academia to rectify the imbalance.”(more)