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cjgl-2404	Knapp, Kiyoko Kamio	Don’t Awaken the Sleeping Child: Japan’s Gender Equality Law and the Rhetoric of Gradualism	1999	54	.pdf	application/pdf	21620	1019	55	° Consequently, Japanese women tend to perceive that American working women are in an enviable position, which enables them to pursue a career without many gender-based constraints.2' American women may, however, assert that such a perception is incorrect. The preceding scenario is based on a letter to the editor published in Japan's major newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, on July 1, 1994.2 Written by Yayoi Norii, a thirty-five-year-old aspiring female attorney, the letter revealed a harsh reality surrounding Japanese women in the legal profession.	cache/cjgl-2404.pdf	txt/cjgl-2404.txt