{
  "id": 456497,
  "title": "In Japan, 'calf hair harassment' exposes gender-based appearance conflicts between women and men",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/in-japan-calf-hair-harassment-exposes-gender-based-appearance",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T08:45:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/10/in-japan-calf-hair-harassment-exposes-gender-based-appearance-conflicts-between-women-and-men_6756332_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Soaring summer temperatures have prompted the Tokyo metropolitan government to launch a campaign promoting a more relaxed dress code at the office. However, some Japanese women, who say they cannot stand the sight of body hair, have denounced what they call visual 'harassment.'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}