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JAPAN
Feb 25, 2015
20% of working women in Japan have experienced 'maternity harassment': survey
The online poll of women who became pregnant while employed also found that one in 10 were verbally harassed. Others reported being fired or not having their contract renewed.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 22, 2014
Can women really 'shine' under Abe?
The prime minister has vowed to help women break the glass ceiling in the workplace but critics have questioned his motivation.
LIFE / Language / THE BUZZ
Nov 22, 2014
Maternity harassment
Maternity harassment refers to various forms of workplace bullying involving pregnancy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 10, 2014
36,000 don't want 'pick-up artist' Julien Blanc to drop in on Japan
A petition signed by over 36,000 people opposing Julien Blanc's entry into Japan has been submitted to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, claiming that he is a criminal and shouldn't be allowed into the country.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 5, 2014
Let's ensure no happy returns to Japan for this vile 'dating coach'
After bragging on a YouTube video about degrading assaults on women in Tokyo, Blanc says he's coming back.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2014
Ending maternity harassment
A Supreme Court ruling last week underscores the fact that nearly three decades since the enactment of Japan's law on equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, the nation still lacks effective ways to prevent women from being forced to abandon career paths once they become pregnant.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 23, 2014
Hospital worker scores big legal win over 'maternity harassment'
In its first ruling on “maternity harassment,” the Supreme Court nullifies a lower court's decision to reject a therapist's claim that she was unjustly demoted for being pregnant.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Sep 28, 2014
Eikaiwa, deal with sexual harassment of teachers before it's too late
If English schools in Japan do not take firm steps to protect teachers, it may only be a matter of time before another Lindsay Hawker is murdered — this time on their watch.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2014
Women fight maternity harassment in the shadow of 'Abenomics'
When Sayaka Osakabe returned to work after a second miscarriage, one of the first questions her boss asked was whether she was having sex again.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 7, 2014
Foreign women also face 'maternity harassment'
Non-Japanese women discuss their experiences of mata-hara, or 'maternity harassment' — discrimination in the workplace against women who are pregnant, on child-care leave or have returned to work after giving birth.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
School-age suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
In Tokyo, Pentagon chief provides assurances that Japan-U.S. alliance remains robust
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (left) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo ahead of their talks Sunday.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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