Department store planning redesign of taboo-busting "period badges"

A department store in Osaka that suspended a campaign to allow female staff to wear badges indicating they were having their periods is planning to restart it using a different badge design.The "period badges" introduced at Daimaru department store's Umeda branch aimed at breaking a taboo in Japan on openly discussing problems related to menstruation, but prompted criticism from opponents who said the initiative invades privacy and is akin to sexual harassment.The voluntary wearing of the paper badges by female staff at the new "Michikake" (waxing and waning) store, which opened in late Nov…READ FULL ARTICLE