Gender inequality in Japan any societal changing law, despite the definition of the law, women were still being discriminated against in all areas of the workforce. Despite prevalent discrimination, modern Japan continues to push forward with the EEOL and other such equality laws like the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) with new initiatives and positions of power for women. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe placed 5 women into political roles within his cabinet in 2014. Of these 5 women, only 3 kept their positions due to scandals inferring to the discrimination that women still face within Japanese society
Keigo Abe inaugural JKA National Championship, first place in the team competition at the 1973 JKA International Friendship Tournament, and first place in the second and third Japan Karatedo Federation National Championships (representing Tokyo). Abe had a close working relationship with Nakayama, benefiting from his technical knowledge and assisting him with teaching. He was one of several instructors who demonstrated techniques in Nakayama's books on karate. In 1985, two years before Nakayama's death, Abe was appointed as Director of Qualifications in the JKA. After the division of the JKA in 1990, he became the Technical Director of the JKA (Matsuno faction). He