The Tokyo District Court has ordered Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. to pay about ¥50 million in compensation to 12 former and current female employees it sexually discriminated against by paying them lower wages than male employees.
The plaintiffs had sought payment of some ¥550 million as compensation for the wage differences with their male colleagues.
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