The previous record was 229 in the 2009 public vote.
Adult leaders are also unique in business and politics in Japan, which is ranked 118 out of 146 in the 2024 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap statement.
Ishiba’s 20-strong government includes only two girls.
However, the government has set a 2025 goal for people candidates for the country’s most effective lower house, an increase from 18 % in 2017.
In Japan, “political events are male-oriented and no open-minded, so it’s difficult to find female individuals”, Momoko Nojo, mind of the company No Youth No Japan, told AFP away of September’s LDP leadership ballot.
Nojo, who also runs a job to support and encourage people and immigrants to become politicians, noted that “many women even take on maintenance work at home.
Women’s rights in Japan are currently being reviewed by a UN commission for female justice.
After a meeting on Thursday in Geneva, it is anticipated to make recommendations to the Chinese authorities for the first time in eight years.