Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work www.theguardian.com

Japanese women on social media are demanding the right to wear glasses to work, after reports that employers were imposing bans.
One woman who works in restaurants tweeted that she was repeatedly told not to wear her glasses because it would appear “rude” and they did not go with her traditional kimono.
“If the rules prohibit only women to wear glasses, this is a discrimination against women,” Kanae Doi, the Japan director at Human Rights Watch, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Friday.
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In response, a Japanese minister said dress code expectations were “necessary and appropriate” in the workplace.