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I don't feel like going back and reading the rest of the thread just yet.

There is definitely some sexism in Japan. But in some they've never faced the sexism women faced in other countries like the United States.
Women in Japan never had to fight to be involved in academics. The Tale of Genji was written by a woman. Though, there were female writers in Renaissance Europe..so I dunno exactly how much of a deal that issue with feminism exactly...but they had a bit of a hard time in the US at one point.