New York, NY (September 20, 2016) – HeForShe IMPACT Champion and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, addressed the HeForShe second anniversary with a firm commitment to gender equality, saying that if a conservative country like Japan changes, the world will change.
Abe spoke to the economic rationale behind empowering women. "I am a firm believer that without women’s empowerment, there is no revival of the Japanese economy," he said.