Japan's program to boost senior women in work is a dud - CNN

The program offered companies up to 300,000 yen ($2,500) for hitting targets to train and place more women in senior positions.

The Japanese government had earmarked about 120 million yen ($1 million) for the program, but the money has been returned unused, said Sawa Nakagomi, of the equal employment policy division at Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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