In October Japan got its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Her rise has been hailed as a ground-breaking moment for Japanese women, but some fear that her conservative politics won’t change the country’s gender inequality situation.

There’s one thing that both her proponents and detractors agree on – Japan needs more women in leadership positions in both business and government.

The country has remarkably low gender equality relative to its high level of economic development. This year, it ranked 118th out of 148 countries on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index.

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