Until a few years ago, Rin Okabe, then the general affairs department manager at a subsidiary of ad agency Dentsu Inc., would say goodbye to his wife and son, and commute to work wearing a conventional suit and tie.
But quietly, Okabe wanted to be viewed as a woman.
In 2012, Okabe sent an email to 200 colleagues to reveal that she is transgender.
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