#KuToo! Japanese Women Saying No To High Heels

Over 20,000 Japanese women have signed an online petition asking the government to ban companies from requiring women to wear high heels at work. The #KuToo campaign plays off the Japanese word “kutsu” or “kutsuu”, meaning “shoes” and “pain”. Actress and writer Yumi Ishikawa started the movement after sharing her story about being forced to wear high heels at her part-time job at a funeral parlour.