"Only 69% of women ages 25-54 are working in Japan, placing the country's female labor-force participation at 24th among the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ...In Japan, about 60% of working women leave work after their first child is born, making the female employment rate low.."
Source: Japan Ranks 24th In Employment Rate For Women: OECD
July 17th, 2013
Nikkei.com