Growing up in Japan as a female only child held challenges, says Yoky Matsuoka.
At that time — the mid-1980s — fewer than 8 per cent of Japanese scientists were women. “I realised how hard it was to be a girl,” recalls Matsuoka, speaking during a recent visit to Tokyo from Silicon Valley, where she is now based. “I felt like I was discouraged from being good with maths and science, and there were a lot of ceilings presented.”
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