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KuToo was started in 2019 by Yumi Ishikawa, a Japanese actress, freelance writer, and part-time funeral parlor worker. One day she realized that her male colleagues wear flat, light and comfy shoes while she has to wear uncomfortable heels when she works at funeral parlor. Many businesses in Japan require women employees to wear heels of between five and seven centimeters, or 1.9 and 2.75 inches, in height. Ishikawa found shoes of this type to be inconvenient and uncomfortable at work, and complained on Twitter about wearing them. Her comment received nearly 30,000 retweets and more than 60,000 likes, and other women shared their own stories of discomfort with heels, posting photos of their bloodied and blistered feet.[4]

Reference
Bedford, S. F. and K. Japan’s #KuToo. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190718-kutoo

Rachelle, V. Japan’s #KuToo movement is fighting back against regressive dress codes for women. Quartz. https://qz.com/1697589/japans-kutoo-movement-rejects-mandatory-high-heels-for-women/

Rich, M. (2019, December 10). The Japanese Rebel Who’s Fighting the Tyranny of High Heels. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/asia/japan-kutoo-high-heels.html


 * 1) KuToo: Japanese women submit anti-high heels petition | World news | The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/women-in-japan-protest-against-having-to-wear-high-heels-to-work-kutoo-yumi-ishikawa

An interview with #KuToo founder Yumi Ishikawa—Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/an-interview-with-kutoo-founder-yumi-ishikawa Japanese women defend right to wear glasses at work after companies forbid eyewear—National | Globalnews.ca. https://globalnews.ca/news/6146548/japan-glasses-ban/

KuToo: Why Women In Japan No Longer Want To Wear Heels To Work; Women in Japan have started a revolution against a rule that makes high heels mandatory for women. (2019). The Indian Express (New Delhi, India). http://uleth.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwpV1dS8MwFA3TvQiCExV1Khff59a0tZ0iMjbrpiIKg7GnkaXRjrGmdu3An-M_9d64jaGwFx_bktDb3J5zyP0IYza_qFV-YQLSPkdyst3LocL_r-bIULoWxby4CH2Xyp-Dex70_X7baxVYa1EaY5LfCSoNaIskmVZDLasN16sj1XmuVW2-dG5XztLIb9DcyEfR42ywIqegIVX1NV_nkLtCHsHOMsljkTSS0-C_LRn_-yYlViLISkSiUmj8eMQuK6h4j3095l2tr6AXfYI5sxI6MTwgT8bwrOFJ09Ye9PAjQ1dDD50f2gpJ01zpdHw9HzRaDIrETAHqyhT1KghI1WzuwSDexQgVJ91EMyGLRAYTMVZToMbIEJlpJ7R9QdF9QMkMpgnEPjsP7rrNdoWMH5DbZ6mQMhl9DJa22wdsW1BGfpyZyr3wkIHvDbn7Ji1nKOqO_eYgqkrPFRZ1I6BY4xErr5nxeO3TMttC4VKnXDDOT9hmlubqlBXN8p2Z5f4G513DXQ



An interview with #KuToo founder Yumi Ishikawa—Japan Today. https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/an-interview-with-kutoo-founder-yumi-ishikawa