bsmall2Mar 23, 2025
> Satoko is convinced that many in the bureaucracy are open to the challenge she has posed: “The old approach is no longer working. What is your solution? Shouldn’t we at least give alternative approaches a try?”
> Suginami is like the rest of Tokyo and Japan.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/02/a-mini-revolution-in-tokyo/
#BelloInJapan #SatokoKishimoto #TokyoJapan #SuginamiTokyo #BureaucracyJapan #WaldenBello #JapanPol
A Mini-Revolution in Tokyo

Satoko Kishimoto returned to her native Japan in April 2022. She was 47, and for 22 of those years she had been in Europe, most of them spent working for

CounterPunch.org
Nithin Coca నితిన్Mar 9, 2023

This #BBC article makes a lot of good points (and I'm a huge fan of #SatokoKishimoto and hope she succeeds!)

But did find it strange that it never mentions that the governor of #Tokyo is also a woman...seems like am important detail.

#Japan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64874853

The female mayor in Tokyo fighting Japan's sexist attitudes

In a country with just two women in its cabinet, Satoko Kishimoto is trying to change the culture.

BBC News