At least, that’s what happened in Japan. A female Japanese politician, Ayaka Yoshida, has received about 8,000 emails containing death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public ...

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 ...

A Mie Prefectural Assembly member has revealed that she has received death threats after calling for equipping public bathrooms with sanitary p ...

In this climate, the threats received by Ayaka Yoshida are not an isolated case, but a symptom of a broader decline in women's rights and voice in the Japanese public sphere. While this case sparked ...

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 ...