[XorNot]

A friend of my family knows a few female Japanese expats. They are all very adamant that they absolutely would not go back to living in Japan due to the sexism.

Another thing to add to that list is the Japanese justice system: no trial by jury at all.

[arethuza]

Not having juries is pretty common is countries that use a civil law approach rather than common law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_%28legal_system%29