#KuToo drive a hit but Japan minister says high heels 'necessary' | Japan News | Al Jazeera

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Summary:

"Thousands of people in Japan this week have supported a social media campaign demanding the government ban companies from requiring women to wear high heels at work - but the country's health and labour minister is seemingly not one of them.

Asked on Wednesday to comment on the petition against the practice, Takumi Nemoto said heels-on-the-job may be needed because of customary social expectations in some workplaces.

"It is socially accepted as something that falls with the realm of being occupationally necessary and appropriate," Nemoto, who oversees Japan's workplace reforms, told a parliamentary committee hearing, according to reports...."

Link:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/kutoo-drive-hit-japan-minister-high-heels-190606020203652.html

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Date tagged:

06/07/2019, 10:58

Date published:

06/07/2019, 06:58