Job-hunting students continue to face sexual harassment in Japan

a male employee of technology firm NEC Corp was arrested for allegedly raping a female university student and later fired. Although he was not prosecuted,...

How the he.. do you expect anything to change if this is what happens when someone is raped!

Sorry but when you have a country run by oyajis who still think that women are not equal to men, nothing will ever change. Change needs to start at the top... but we all know that that will not happen anytime soon. Especially with the current state of the world.

Japan is great in many things but equality, especially for women, is not one of them.

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one in three students who have engaged in job hunting or an internship said they experienced sexual harassment.

One in three!? That’s a lot of sexual harassment!

I wonder what specific incidents of perceived sexual harassment accounted for the bulk of these claims.

Masahiro Nakai is barely out of the news and yet here we go again. Lessons never learned. Laws never followed. Japanese women disrespected and misfit Japanese men praying on young females in vulnerable situations. These companies need to be named and shamed at the very least with individuals doing this sexual harassment revealed to the public.

I wonder what specific incidents of perceived sexual harassment accounted for the bulk of these claims.

I felt I needed to wear a skirt to the interview.

I was never told a skirt was required, but I felt I needed to wear one because of the social prejudices I sense.

Japan Harassment Association.

The fact that such an organisation is necessary, or even that it exists at all, is shameful.

A spokesman commented: "Look, we don't think that asking prospective female employees "are you willing to go to bed with the boss to get ahead in your career?" is such an unreasonable thing to ask. I mean, I did, and I'm a guy"

Very tough for the men of Japan to properly start to see women as equals, let alone treat them like one. And obviously the laws and punishments still reflect that overarching patriarchal mindset.

Shiori Ito certainly knows that, too.

They seem quite fond of sexually harassing the ladies. Hard for them to give it up, by the looks.

In January, a male employee of technology firm NEC Corp was arrested for allegedly raping a female university student and later fired

This is a story in and of itself, but it gets passed by here like it's no big deal.

One, just who made the allegations? If it isnt true, then why was he fired? Could be a case of a false accusation leading to a business firing a guy illegally.

Two, if it's true, where are the cops here? Why werent charges filed? Did NEC pay her off?

Dropping allegations and not following up on them is the same as yellow journalism!

Wasn't there just an article about how Japan is one of the worst places in the world for working women? Well here's yet another reason why. Are Japanese men so threatened by women that they feel the need to oppress, harass, and rob them of opportunities just to feel "manly" and stay top dog?

When various media, including JT, have articles that promotes hostess clubs, or any other adult theme occupations that blatantly objectified women, does anyone wonder about this anymore?

Because of such mentality, young women in Japan tend to only go for the high paying jobs, which you guessed, they are ALL in the adult industry only, such as host clubs, kyabakuras, snack bars, or any other simmilar.

In a 2024 study conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, one in three students who have engaged in job hunting or an internship said they experienced sexual harassment.

These numbers seem very high! Are they correct or is it a case of lazy people not wanting to working using this as an excuse?

Japanese employers continue to act clueless. If they treat their workers like that then they nobody to blame when it comes to "labor shortages". People don't want to be harassed or treated like dirt.

Plenty but nothing specific.

And if a rape is sexual harassment, if I were a woman,I'd never go to interviews.

If and when the courts starts to handle this matter as serious as other nations do, Japan will continue to be Harsh Place for women to work .

Instead of just listening to the students complaints ! How about start helping these students file lawsuits $$$ against the violators for a change.

Listening wont do it since you have been for the past 30 years or so. the time has come to take ACTION.

Dont have "one on one"interveiws

Yubaru...

In January, a male employee of technology firm NEC Corp was arrested for allegedly raping a female university student and later fired

This is a story in and of itself, but it gets passed by here like it's no big deal.

Either an arrangement was made (cash) or she dropped the charges to avoid the court case. Probably the first option as is very common in Japan.

What a joke of an article! The only example given for sexual harassment is rape. And while it is extremely serious, it’s not sexual harassment. It’s rape.

If one woman gambles with her working future

by delivering a swift kick to one of these creeps with a bell-ringing kick to the nads,

this would stop.

Publicity would be epic.

Sue that harassment sexual acosser clowns..

That's appalling. Also the number must be much higher as many wouldn't report such terrible experiences.

YubaruMar. 10 06:42 pm JST

This is a story in and of itself, but it gets passed by here like it's no big deal.

One, just who made the allegations? If it isnt true, then why was he fired? Could be a case of a false accusation leading to a business firing a guy illegally.

Two, if it's true, where are the cops here? Why werent charges filed? Did NEC pay her off?

Dropping allegations and not following up on them is the same as yellow journalism!

If you want to know, why don't you just Google it? You shouldn't be skeptical just because they don't go into the details here. The aim of this article isn't to provide details on specific cases, it's to use these cases as examples to support the main point.

 You shouldn't be skeptical just because they don't go into the details here.

I can be whatever I choose, and reporting like this does nothing to help the accused or accuser!

I always did wonder if the way women are "pressured" to dress was at least part of the reason for the continued sexual harassment. Usually, they have to wear a skirt and make-up to look "presentable" to the companies and it just seems like that causes some men who can't help themselves to sexually harass these women.

I'm not saying that's right and I wish that women didn't have to dress up like this when job-hunting but it does make you think.