Tokyo -- Japanese women are saying, "No," to high heels in what's been dubbed the #KuToo movement, a play on the words for "shoes" and "agony" and an allusion to the #MeToo hashtag. The #MeToo ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) - A social media campaign against dress codes and expectations that women wear high heels at work has gone viral in Japan, with thousands joining the #KuToo movement. Nearly 20,000 ...

A social movement calling to end compulsory high heels and pumps for women at work initially made headway over social media with the hashtag #KuToo — an amalgam of the global #MeToo movement and the ...

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Japanese women are taking a stand against strict dress codes and expectations they wear heels at work, after a social media campaign highlighting gender inequality in the workplace went viral. More ...

A Japanese woman wants companies to stop making high heels mandatory for women at work. Yumi Ishikawa, an actress and writer, launched a Change.org petition urging her government to ban companies from ...