The Tokyo metropolitan chapter of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party held a “women-only” recruitment drive for candidates in the next Lower House election, drawing internal criticism of discrimination against male politicians.
A quarter of female foreign technical interns in Japan said they were told they would be dismissed if they became pregnant, according to an Immigration Services Agency survey, the first of its kind.
CONSUMER AFFAIRS: Some merchants were against the proposals of the agreement, though they blamed the media and leftists for blowing things out of proportion.
KUMAMOTO A Filipina technical intern who said she was told to quit and return home when she became pregnant filed a lawsuit against a social welfare corporation in Fukuoka Prefecture and a supervisory organization in Oita Prefecture.