Department store planning redesign of taboo-busting "period badges" english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 16:58 | Lifestyle, AllA department store in Osaka that suspended a campaign to allow female staff to wear badges indicating they were having their periods is planning to restart it using a different badge design.
The "period badges" introduced at Daimaru department store's Umeda branch aimed at breaking a taboo in Japan on openly discussing problems related to menstruation, but prompted criticism from opponents who said the initiative invades privacy and is akin to sexual harassment.
(The "Michikake" store at Daimaru department store's Umeda branch.)
"It was difficult leaving customers to go to the bathroom, but I can now go without hesitation because of the badge," an employee in favor of the move was quoted by the department store as saying.
"Period pains differ from person to person and it would be ideal if women were able to talk naturally about them," she said.