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Nature 436, 151 (14 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/436151a; Published online 13 July 2005

Action, not words

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Japan is beginning to recognize that the status and treatment of women researchers must change — but it has yet to take decisive action to address the problem.

The under-representation of women in Japanese science, particularly at its higher levels, is not exactly news. The latest figures on the problem are nonetheless sobering.