Woman crusades to fix unequal toilet access at public restrooms
An excruciating five-minute wait prompted Manami Momose to embark on a multiyear research project concerning “toilet disparity” at public restrooms.
Japanese politician gets death threats over call for menstrual products in public restrooms
A Japanese politician has received nearly 8,000 emails of death threats after she called for menstrual products to be made ...
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Japan's top court: Toilet restrictions on transgender woman illegal
"It's a serious problem that some people in Japan think allowing transgender people to use women's toilets will lead to an increase in criminal acts. We have to make it clear that these are two ...
Japanese politician gets 8,000 death threats over call for sanitary pads in public toilets
Experts say abusive messages reflect a deeper pattern of gender-based harassment aiming to silence outspoken women and are ...
Lack of women's toilets at Osaka Expo building site: Our 5 most-read stories from last week
We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 1 and 9. The first story was ...
Japanese politician receives over 8,000 death threats after proposing free sanitary products in toilets
Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Japanese Communist Party, says she was "scared" after being bombarded by the ...
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For incoming first graders, a major hurdle awaits — Japanese squat toilets
Given that, the proportion of squat toilets in schools is quite high,” said Atsushi Kato, head of the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Toilet Labo. In a time of both misinformation and ...
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Japanese assemblywoman gets 8,000 death threats over call for sanitary pads in public toilets
A female Japanese politician has received about 8,000 emails containing death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets – a wave of online abuse that experts say reflects a ...