The japanese government has............. on plans that will increase the number of women in top-level government post. The aim is to move from the current level of 21.5 percent to 30 percent by 2020. Th government will also give help...........mother to try and stop the workforce from shrinking. Further plans aim to help more women into mângement. Only nine percent of mângers in Japans are female compared with 46 percent in the U.S the government will encourage companies to............women after their maternity leave ends. Currently two thirds of women never return to work after childbirth. The new targets strengthen the gender equality Basic Plan which was introduced in 2000. Thay include many measures to reduce sexual...............and harassment. There willbe a drive to encourage businesswomen to start their own companies. Prime Minister Koizumi said he wanted to create a gender- equality society in which men and women can have dreams and expectations by fully exercising their individuality and abilities. Japan is behind many...............nations in gender equality. It ranks a poor 43rd among 80 countries in the 2005 United Nations Gender Empowerment Measure index. GIÚP MK VỚI Ạ