Companies in Japan are legally required to permit ladies to take menstrual depart

Tokyo, Japan:

Male workplace employees at a telecoms agency in Tokyo have skilled simulated menstrual ache to assist them grow to be extra sympathetic towards feminine colleagues forward of International Women’s Day on Friday.

EXEO Group employees winced at an organization occasion on Thursday as a “perionoid” gadget despatched electrical alerts by way of pads positioned beneath the navel to stimulate the decrease abdomen muscle and induce a cramping sensation.

“I couldn’t move. It hurt to the point where I couldn’t stand,” stated 26-year-old Masaya Shibasaki after utilizing the gadget collectively developed by researchers at Nara Women’s University and startup Osaka Heat Cool.

“I now understand women have to work while fighting this pain every month. It’s actually amazing how women can do that. I really respect them,” Shibasaki stated.

EXEO stated it needs to create an setting the place its greater than 90% male workforce may be extra supportive of feminine friends, together with on the subject of taking menstrual depart.

Companies in Japan are legally required to permit ladies to take menstrual depart. However, there is no such thing as a requirement for the time without work to be paid and surveys confirmed round half of feminine employees by no means take it.

“We hope those who experienced (menstrual pain) today go back to their workplace and speak about how they felt, and spread their understanding,” stated EXEO public relations officer Maki Ogura.

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