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Editorial
Nature 451, 865 (21 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/451865a; Published online 20 February 2008
One woman is still not enough
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Abstract
Japanese science needs its women more than ever. Why doesn't it treat them accordingly?
Seven years ago, Mitiko Go, a biophysicist then at Nagoya University, told Nature about a disturbing experience she had had at a meeting of the university's Division of Biological Science (see Nature 410, 404–406; 2001). The academics were considering a female applicant for a vacant chair, and one male member said: "I'm sorry to have to say this in front of Dr Go, but one woman is enough.
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