A survey by the Fukuoka branch of Teikoku Data Bank revealed that 9% of companies in Kyushu and Okinawa area have female leaders as of April 2019. The figure has risen by 1.8% compared to that of a decade ago. Also, it has exceeded the national average of 7.86%. More than half of those female presidents and CEOs have taken over their family business, while one-third of them have founded companies by themselves. The prefectures of Okinawa and Saga saw a rate of over 10% and ranked the third and fourth in the entire country. Source: Teikoku Databank, 7/18/2019
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