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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

Japanese politician gets death threats over call for menstrual products in public restrooms

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 in central Mie prefecture, filed a police complaint on Monday about the death threats she had received over the weekend.

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