Home » News » Nintendo addresses a lack of female board members
nintendologo1270
News

Nintendo addresses a lack of female board members

As part of Nintendo’s 76th annual General Meeting of Shareholders, both President Tatsumi Kimishima and Creative Fellow Shigeru Miyamoto addressed a lack of female members on the publishers board.

“We don’t have any females [on the board],” Kimishima confirmed, as translated by Cheesemeister for NintendoEverything.

Kimishima used Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aimé to show there was some diversity amongst the board of the company, primarily based in Japan.

“For foreigners, Reggie is an operating officer,” he said.

Despite a lack of female board members, both Kimishima and Miyamoto stressed the importance of females within the company.

“There are many female employees, and their opinions are applied in product development,” Kimishima said. “It’s important that we continue taking their opinions in dev.”

“There being no female directors was criticized, but I think their contributions as development staff are world-class,” Miyamoto added.

What do you think of the above? Can we take the translation at face value, or should we allow for a language barrier, coupled with cultural differences in Japan as compared to the west?

Thanks, FenixBazaar.


This article may contain affiliate links, meaning we could earn a small commission if you click-through and make a purchase. Stevivor is an independent outlet and our journalism is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.

About the author

Steve Wright

Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.