Wow! Whaaaat?! I’m on Forbes 😳So thrilled to be featured together with Rumiko Obata and Fumiko Shintani. 🍶Grateful to the amazing Margarita Gokun Silver for spotlighting 🇯🇵Japanese women and 🍶Sake, and for sharing our story. 💫
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🇯🇵 Even in 2025, the #gender gap is so real in Japan. Despite many people’s image of Japan being a modern, ‘advanced’ country, if we look at gender equality, we’re ranked sadly so low: 118th out of 146 countries 😳 Like - as of this year. Shocking! (Stats: World Economic Forum: Global Gender Gap Report 2025).
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🇯🇵As a Japanese woman of my generation, gender #stereotyping has been so normalised and engrained in society that you almost kind of don’t even notice it sometimes.
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✨ That’s one of the reasons I originally joined the 🇺🇳 United Nations. I thought that’s how I’ll make the world more equal & green🌱

But now, I’m channelling that same mission through my favourite 🍶Sake (& my 100% natural Sake-infused brand)😘

And these amazing Sake women like Rumiko and Fumiko have been absolutely inspiring! (There are many more too😍)

✍️ The full article is on Forbes.com:
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www.forbes.com/sites/margaritagokunsilver/2025/10/07/how-women-sake-masters-contribute-to-preserving-tradition-amid-decline/
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🥂 Here’s to more women (& men) building & brewing beautiful things. Cheers & Kampai! 💪✨