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Kiyoshi Matsuo on How Music Expanded His Views, Promoting Affirmative Action in Japan’s Music Industry & More
Music producer Kiyoshi Matsuo spoke with Billboard Japan about exploring ways to make the working environment in entertainment a better place for all.
The WIM interview series has highlighted female players in the Japanese entertainment industry, with the first 30 conversations released in book form as a Billboard Japan Presents collection by writer Rio Hirai. As the project strives to shed light on the status quo of the Japanese entertainment industry and to explore ways the working environment can be improved for women and everyone involved, it welcomes views from people of diverse backgrounds. I wonder if one of the reasons why the gender imbalance in the Japanese entertainment industry continues to exist is that the public doesn’t seem to be very interested in mature female artists, meaning it’s a matter of capacity and literacy on the side of consumers.
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