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HARASSMENT

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2018
Head of Foreign Ministry's Russian affairs section suspended over alleged sexual harassment
The head of the Foreign Ministry's Russian affairs section, Tadaatsu Mori, has been punished for alleged sexual harassment of a woman, it was revealed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2018
Web service allows Japan's harassment victims to send anonymous warnings to alleged perpetrators
In the wake of high-profile sexual harassment cases involving a top Finance Ministry bureaucrat and a mayor in west Tokyo, a website was launched last week to allow victims of harassment to send anonymous warnings to the perpetrators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 3, 2018
Put more women in office, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark tells Japan
When Helen Clark was first elected to New Zealand's parliament in 1981, she was one of only eight female lawmakers among the 92 representatives. Now, women account for nearly 38 percent of the parliament, including a new prime minister who is expected to deliver a baby this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 28, 2018
ILO explores rules on workplace harassment as Me Too movement rages
The International Labor Organization kicks off its annual meeting with discussions aimed at setting the first international rules to end sexual and other types of harassment at work.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 25, 2018
Sexual harassment policies unchanged at most firms in Japan, despite growing awareness amid global Me Too movement: poll
Three-quarters of Japan's companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies in the past year and don't plan to do so, a poll finds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 23, 2018
Mayor of Tokyo's Komae to quit over sexual harassment allegations
The mayor of Komae in western Tokyo expressed his intention to resign Wednesday after four female employees of the municipal government submitted a protest letter saying they had been sexually harassed by him.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 22, 2018
How to stop sexual harassment
Progress is being made in Japan, but legislation is needed to give anti-harassment efforts real teeth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2018
#MeToo: A cultural workaround to a legal failure
For the most part, #MeToo targets who stand accused in the court of public opinion for criminal acts will never face them in a court of law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2018
Komae's deputy mayor calls on mayor to quit, says sex harassment claims true
An internal probe confirms Kunihiko Takahashi sexually harassed women on the city's staff, but the mayor is staying mum on the issue.
JAPAN
May 17, 2018
Japan survey suggests 96% of sexually harassed media workers are targeted more than once
The survey, run by members of the press and victims of sexual violence, was conducted after a former top Finance Ministry bureaucrat was alleged to have harassed a female reporter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 16, 2018
Twitter taps behavioral signals to ID abusers as it shifts tack in battle against internet 'trolls'
Twitter Inc. on Tuesday revised its strategy for fighting abusive internet "trolls," saying it would use behavioral signals to identify harassers on the social network and then limit the visibility of their tweets.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2018
New industry group slams government's response to sexual harassment in media
Organization sent requests to the Cabinet in a push for the government to address what the group feels are inadequate protections for media workers subjected to sexual harassment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 15, 2018
Me Too becomes We Too in victim-blaming Japan
Monica Fukuhara was a college student working at a restaurant when it happened to her. As she was saying goodbye to a customer, he grabbed her chest, she said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2018
Taro Aso's remarks on harassment spark criticism again
Finance Minister Taro Aso came under fire again on Friday for a comment during a Diet session that suggests a belittling attitude toward sexual harassment, saying his ministry's former top bureaucrat might have fallen into a trap by a female reporter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 9, 2018
Finance Ministry officials given training on sexual harassment
The Finance Ministry gave senior officials a training course on Wednesday with the goal of preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of its top bureaucrat, who allegedly harassed a female reporter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2018
Taro Aso repeats comment on alleged sexual harassment that sparked nationwide protest one day earlier
“There is no such thing as a sexual harassment charge,” the 77-year-old former prime minister said at a regular news conference.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 28, 2018
Fukuda scandal highlights how Japan's news outlets take advantage of their female employees
For the past two weeks, media outlets in Japan have been interrogating themselves over the revelation that female reporters are exposed to sexual harassment due to the nature of their work. When weekly magazine Shukan Shincho published a story alleging that Administrative Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda, who has since quit, made sexually suggestive remarks to a woman assigned by her company to the Finance Ministry press club, the situation was complicated by the circumstances of the exchange. The woman had secretly recorded Fukuda's remarks, an act considered by some to be a violation of journalistic ethics and an aspect the Finance Ministry exploited when it responded to the accusation by asking the reporter to talk to an outside lawyer who would handle its investigation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2018
Finance Ministry acknowledges sexual harassment and cuts former bureaucrat's retirement pay
Acknowledging he harassed a reporter, the ministry decides to trim the disgraced bureaucrat's benefits with a penalty equivalent to 20 percent of a half year's wages.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 24, 2018
Veteran LDP lawmaker's remarks on sexual harassment case blasted by Komeito head
The party's leader called remarks made by ex-education minister Hakubun Shimomura “utterly incomprehensible,” after the lawmaker criticized a journalist that made allegations against a top bureaucrat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2018
Opposition camp pressures Finance Ministry to punish Junichi Fukuda over alleged sex harassment
Opposition parties on Monday pushed the Finance Ministry to punish its top official by blocking his eligibility for full retirement benefits in the wake of sexual harassment allegations leveled by a journalist.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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