Female office workers wearing high heels, clothes and bags of the same color are seen at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File photo TOKYO  – An overwhelming majority of Japanese firms think it would be difficult or impossible to fill at least 30 percent of executive positions with women by 2030, a Reuters poll showed. The results underscore the challenge the world's third-largest economy faces to close its gender gap. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set a target in June for women to hold at least 30 percent of executive positions at leading companies by 2030.

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