4　女性間の分断を乗り越えるために　女性の活躍推進政策と改憲による家族主義の復活がもたらすもの

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This paper aims to examine negative effects given to women in Japan by the Japanese governmentʼs recent policy of promotion of women’s active participation, and by the draft of the revision of constitutional law made by the major ruling party Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Considered these effects, it will show the forthcoming agenda for the Japanese feminist movement to tackle with.

The Abe administration has come to express “Promotion of Womenʼs Active Participation” as a growth strategy in order to revive Japanese economy since April 2013, and has showed some concrete plans for its actual practice. In this strategy, building a “Society where All Women Shine” was held up as one of the most crucial tasks for the administration.

The Abe administration has come to express “Promotion of Womenʼs Active Participation” as a growth strategy in order to revive Japanese economy since April 2013, and has showed some concrete plans for its actual practice. In this strategy, building a “Society where All Women Shine” was held up as one of the most crucial tasks for the administration.

The above-mentioned movements seem contrary to each other. However, if we analyse them simultaneously from a perspective of the national policies on economy and security, a common intention behind them becomes apparent. It means the Abe administration has the intention to utilise women, especially highly educated women, for the economic and military revival of Japan. In this sense, familsm becomes an effective tool to mobilise nationals to join forces with these policies. How much can the Japanese feminist movement challenge this intention? It stands at the crossroads now.