Ayaka Yoshida, a Mie Prefectural Assembly member of the Japanese Communist Party, is seen during a press conference at the prefectural government headquarters on March 31, 2025. (Mainichi/Masaya ...
Around the world, there has been a long discourse about the presence of menstrual hygiene products in washrooms, be it in offices or in other public spaces. It just makes things simpler for ...
Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old Japanese politician, faced death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets on social media. Despite the backlash and intimidation, she remains committed ...
TOKYO -- Japanese personal care goods maker Unicharm will sell its Sofy menstrual pads in three central African countries, as well as educate consumers about them in a region where disposable sanitary ...
Experts highlight a troubling pattern of gender-based harassment aimed at silencing women Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly ("gikai") representing the Japanese ...
A female Japanese politician has received about 8,000 emails containing death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets – a wave of online abuse that experts say reflects a deeper ...
A free sanitary pad dispenser. (Image courtesy of Next Innovation Inc.) TOKYO -- Japanese X (formerly Twitter) was recently abuzz with stories about unexpected periods -- a reality for many women -- ...
A Japanese politician has received nearly 8,000 emails of death threats after she called for menstrual products to be made available in public restrooms. Ayaka Yoshida, 27, a local assembly member in ...