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Nature 416, 663 (18 April 2002) | doi:10.1038/416663b

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Women don't want to be 'one of the boys'

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At the top of Japan's scientific establishment, women are faced with a past they thought they had escaped.

At the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan last December, there was a special symposium featuring a panel made up entirely of prominent Japanese women scientists. Held to highlight the achievements of women in research, the symposium provided evidence that Japanese science is making some headway in the quest for gender equality.