Among the major countries in East Asia, it is indeed quite uncommon to see women's social status as low as in Japan and South Korea.
In this respect, it's even worse than Myanmar.
In traditional Japanese culture, the positioning of women's education remains at becoming a good wife and a qualified mother.
Whether one is a qualified woman is more important than whether one is talented.
Professor Ueno Chizuko from Tokyo University once angrily criticized in the 2016 opening ceremony—society's discipline towards girls is that women are expected to maintain perfect beauty and youth while perfectly completing household chores and child-rearing tasks, which is the Japanese society.
At its peak, more than half of the Japanese girls, after marriage, regardless of whether her career is successful, will traditionally become qualified housewives,
even divas like Yamaguchi Sayumi are no exception.
Artists and singers are alike,
