‘How can such a tiny woman drive a big truck?’ Japan’s labour shortage forces it to rethink gender stereotypes

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1. 10 years ago we were rebuilding our home after the tsunami, lots of delays because of a lack of concrete. There was a company we contracted with that our builder recommended, an all women firm, two daughters who had taken over the family business. All the cement trucks were pink and all of the drivers women. Contractors said that they were the best in northern Japan.

2. Does this mean there will be women sushi chefs in Japan?

3. Sometimes when I catch a cab I notice the driver is a woman. Never saw female taxi drivers in my home country (South Korea).

4. I’ve been in Japan for close to 30years, and there has been women driving trucks since I arrived.

5. The british media are at it again…

6. lol. I’ve seem them since decade ago

7. Trucker Mei Mei already paved the way

8. I was in Japan from 96 to 99 and I remember the city hired its first woman public bus driver – that was pretty big news back then that was almost 30 years ago so figured this wouldn’t really be a news article in 2023 as it didn’t seem like it should be anything “new”.

9. Kana is someone I follow on youtube, she is apparantly japan’s smallest truck driver.
   https://youtube.com/@truck_kanachannel?si=fwyAkCiGc5ZiR-pT