Ginko Sato

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Ginko Sato (佐藤 ギン子) is a Japanese government official.[1]

Biography[edit]

Sato was educated at the University of Tokyo and completed postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom and the United States. She began her career working at the Ministry of Labor in 1938, where she worked on the policy promoting equal working rights for women and on the development of Japan's law on equal employment opportunities.[2]

Sato is an external director on the board of Hitachi.[3][4][5] In 2004, she and Sakie T. Fukushima were the only women board members at the 27 Japanese companies that are members of Fortune's Global 200 list.[3][6]

Sato has also held the position of chair of the Japan Association for the Advancement of Working Women.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MarketScreener. "Hitachi Ltd. : Hitachi Announces Changes in Composition of the Board of Directors | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  2. ^ U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (1987). Japan.
  3. ^ a b "Japan Inc. still makes little room on the board for women". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  4. ^ "Hitachi announces new directors" (PDF). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Reinforcing Corporate Governance Hitachi, Ltd. and Major Group Companies Adopt Committee System | News Releases : Hitachi in the U.S.A." www.hitachi.us. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. ^ Fukushima, Sakie. "Women in the boardroom" (PDF). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Leadership111 | About Us". www.leadership111.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-02.