One third of Japan working women sexually abused: Study
A new government study reveals that a third of working women in Japan have experienced sexual harassment at work.
The survey was carried out by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare over a three-week period in September and October 2015.
The report, which was released on Tuesday, examined responses from 9,600 women currently and previously employed, both part time and full time across Japan. The respondents were aged between 25 and 44.
Some 30 percent of the women said they had suffered sexual harassment at their place of employment. More than half of them said that their appearance, age and physical features were the focus of conversations, mostly by male colleagues. Some 40 percent also complained that they were touched.
The report said that some 38 percent of the respondents also said that they were asked sexually related questions. Some even reported that they were frequently asked out for dates or received requests to have sexual relations.
Meanwhile, 63 percent of the women remained silent about the harassments and about one in ten who spoke up were treated unfairly, like being demoted.
This came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to support working women to improve the country’s economy.
Japan is ranked 101 in the 145-state list of the 2015 Global Gender Gap released by the World Economic Forum.
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