On March 28, 2014, a kick off meeting for Supporting Women to Shine, under the initiative of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was held at the office of the Prime Minister in order to create a nationwide movement to support women who will and do shine in various fields.
In succession to this, male leaders who have already been involved in promoting an active participation of women were invited to discuss the roles of male leaders.

In June 2014, nine male leaders announced the "Declaration on Action by Male Leaders Coalition for Empowerment of Women" comprising the three pillars "Taking actions and sending messages ourselves," "Disrupting the status quo," and "Developing networking."

Since the announcement of the "Declaration on Action", male leaders have been publishing the report which compiles best practices, and holding meetings to exchange information/opinions and to expand the network.

• Overview [PDF:103KB]
• "Declaration on Action" [PDF:92KB]
• Male Leaders Coalition Members
• "Male leaders efforts to promote women's active role in Japan"（2015） [PDF:848KB]
• General Meeting on March 2016
• "Male leaders challenges to promote women's active participation in Japan"（2016） [PDF:16.7MB]※clear image [PDF:3.68MB]
• General Meeting on March 2017
• "Male leaders challenges to promote women's active participation in Japan"（2017） [PDF:3.00MB]
• General Meeting on March 2018
• "Male leaders challenges to promote women's active participation in Japan"（2018） [PDF:9.86MB]
• General Meeting on March 2019
• General Meeting on November 2020