In this brief overview, I examine Japanese literature in women and politics in Japan. In doing so, I focus specifically on literature that examines political institutions—defined here as a set of rules and procedures that affect public policymaking—in the field of equal employment laws. In the first section, I lay out the types of literature that exist in this field. In the following section, I draw attention to what the literature lacks in the field of women and political institutions. In the third section, I scrutinize a few articles that concentrate upon political institutions and politics related to women. In place of a conclusion, I make suggestions for future study.