Sumitomo Metal ordered to compensate for sexual discrimination

Sumitomo Metal ordered to compensate for sexual discrimination

OSAKA, Japan - Kiyoko Kitagawa (R) and three other plaintiffs meets the press after the Osaka District Court ordered Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. on March 28 to pay them 63 million yen in compensation for sexual discrimination in wages and promotions.

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