In a questionnaire survey of members of the House of Representatives, more than 80% of the respondents said that the number of female members of the Diet was insufficient.
The House of Representatives conducted an anonymous questionnaire survey of all members of the Diet to check the status of efforts toward women's participation in the political field, and 382 people, or 82%, responded.
According to this, 83% of the members of the Diet answered that the current number of female members of parliament was "insufficient" or "rather insufficient".
In addition, when asked if they think that the expansion of women's participation in the Diet is hindered, 48% of the respondents answered "I think" and "I think so" in total.
The reason for this was that "the burden of elections and the time constraints of local activities make it difficult for women in the child-rearing generation to participate in politics."
In addition, 50% of the respondents answered "necessary" or "more or less necessary" when asked if a system to secure a certain number of female members was necessary.
While there was an opinion calling for the introduction of a "quota system" that allocates a certain percentage of parliamentary seats to women, it was also pointed out that "it is necessary to create an environment that makes it easy to run for any gender."
The House of Representatives will discuss whether there are any points for improvement based on this result.