Japan's labour minister says high heels at work are 'necessary'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Japan’s labour minister says high heels at work are 'necessary'

5 June 2019

A Japanese minister has said it is "necessary" for companies to enforce dress codes that require women to wear high heels at work.

Takumi Nemoto, Japan's health and labour minister, defended the controversial practice.

"It is socially accepted as something that falls within the realm of being occupationally necessary and appropriate," Mr Nemoto said.

He reportedly made the comments at a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.

One lawmaker, Kanako Otsuji, suggested such rules were "outdated" during the same session, Kyodo News reports.

Mr Nemoto was asked to comment on a campaign spearheaded by actor and writer Yumi Ishikawa, who is calling for discriminatory workplace dress codes to be scrapped.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48534453


Yumi Ishikawa, leader and founder of the #KuToo movement (Getty Images)

[Nuggets]

1. Being that they are necessary for work

when can we expect Mr Nemoto to start wearing them to work ?

[shenmue]

2. ROFL

[still_one]

3. That was my first thought

[RainCaster]

4. If men had to wear them...

They would have been outlawed long ago.