Watanabe interviewed 16 Japanese women in various faculty positions at a research-oriented national university in Japan selected for this case study because of its noted commitment to gender equality.

In 1903, Shirokiya in Tokyo (today Coredo Nihonbashi) established Japan’s first rooftop amusement park with a wooden horse and seesaw. Following its success, Mitsukoshi, Matsuya, Daimaru ...