An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Women are subjected to sexist dress codes — requiring high heels and make up, or banning glasses — in workplaces around the globe. In Japan, a ...

Japan has “common requirements” for women’s appearances at work. Makeup and high heels are mandatory. Key background: A petition was circulated by actor and writer Yumi Ishikawa in March to end the ...

Ah, the tangled web of sexist workplace dress code violations women of the world must navigate daily. This week, it’s women in Japan who are protesting edicts from companies than ban (only women, not ...

You don’t need glasses to see the problem with this dress code. Women in Japan are fighting back against workplaces that ban female employees from wearing glasses to work, using a hashtag which ...

Glasses, say some companies in Japan, are just not right for women to wear to work. In recent reports by Japan’s Nippon TV and Business Insider Japan, women from a range of industries described being ...

A Business Insider Japan article, translated by Business Insider, tells the story of "Ms. A" an anonymous twenty-something department store receptionist. She says her superior told her "glasses are ...