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Name and shame: Japan’s tame answer to jobseeker sex harassment

Name and shame: Japan’s tame answer to jobseeker sex harassment
South China Morning Post Sunday 04 October 2026, 01:30 UTC By Julian Ryall 1 min read
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Final-year students invited to recruiters’ apartments for help with their applications. Coffee dates with alumni who promise to explain how the company works. Inappropriate interview questions about boyfriends, marriage plans and sex lives.

Final-year students invited to recruiters’ apartments for help with their applications. Coffee dates with alumni who promise to explain how the company works. Inappropriate interview questions about boyfriends, marriage plans and sex lives. For young women in Japan, looking for a job has long entailed submitting themselves to the skewed power dynamics of the recruitment process. And before Thursday, no official legal safeguards existed to protect these jobseekers from such...
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