Japanese minister responds to KuToo campaign by saying high heels 'appropriate'
TOKYO - Japan’s health minister said in response to a petition seeking a ban on requiring women to wear high heels at work that such dress code expectations are “necessary and appropriate” in the workplace.
The petition, which has collected 21,000 online signatures and is still growing, was submitted on Monday to the health ministry by Yumi Ishikawa, a 32-year-old funeral parlour worker. Many Japanese companies may not explicitly requirefemale employees to wear high heels but many women do so because of tradition and social expectations.
However, Nemoto also said it could be considered “power harassment” if employers required female workers who had been injured to wear high heels.
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