reveal that the Japanese have accommodated to women managers in a
typically Japanese way. It makes no difference what the sex of the incum-
bent of a position is, the incumbent receives the respect due the position.
This is not to say that all men have accepted women as equals, but it does
establish the general tone of the feeling toward women as they gradually
work their way up the grade structures of the civil and military institutions.

Although the infusion of women into the military in the short span of
barely a decade represents a significant accomplishment in this country
whose history spans centuries of male dominance, there has been no
recognition of this accomplishment by the principal protagonists for
women's opportunity in the government. Not a single official nonmilitary
publication reports on or recognizes these women. This was not a pur-
poseful exclusion. It was simply an oversight. As one female government
official remarked to me, "We never thought of them." Nevertheless,
women in the Self-Defense Force have achieved equality of opportunity
for training, for pay, and for advancement (to the grade of lieutenant
colonel or commander). They are being employed in an increasingly wide
range of jobs, and those jobs are becoming increasingly attractive to high
school and college graduates. They have come to be accepted and valued
within the military establishment. ⁵

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