Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Mie prefectural assembly and the Japanese Communist Party, sparked the backlash after posting on social media on March 25: "Like toilet paper, I want ...

Japanese politician Ayaka Yoshida received 8,000 death threats after advocating for free menstrual pads in public restrooms.

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 ...

I hope menstrual pads can be provided like toilet paper,” Ms Yoshida posted on X. The emails threatening the life of Ms Yoshida, who is a member of the Japanese Communist Party, were sent ...

It just makes things simpler for menstruating people by giving them accessibility to sanitary pads, tampons, etc., in moments of emergency. But in Japan, a politician's call for the availability ...

Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old Japanese politician, faced death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets on social media. Despite th ...

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For instance, the Hyogo Prefectural Government expanded its efforts in early 2023 to supply free sanitary pads to female students across numerous educational institutions, as per Japanese ...

A Japanese politician says she received more than 8,000 death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets. Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Japanese Communist Party ...

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 ...

A Japanese politician says she received more than 8,000 death threats after proposing free sanitary pads in public toilets. Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Japanese Communist Party, posted ...