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Japan’s SDF to open up more positions to women
JIJI, Kyodo
The Defense Ministry has decided to open more positions in the Self-Defense Forces to women, including the flying of attack helicopters and special maritime patrol planes.
The decision is in line with the government’s push for female empowerment. The SDF is expected to widen the roles of female personnel from fiscal 2017 after they undergo training.
The SDF has some 230,000 personnel across the country, of whom 13,000, or 5.7 percent, are women.
Last November, the Air SDF began allowing women to become pilots of ASDF fighter jets and spy planes.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/16/national/japans-sdf-open-positions-women/
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