NewzFemale university students in Japan face pervasive sexual harassment during the corporate recruitment process, commonly known as shukatsu. Final-year students have been targeted by recruiters who invite them to private apartments under the guise of application assistance, arranged coffee dates with alumni to discuss company operations, and subjected them to inappropriate interview inquiries regarding boyfriends, marriage plans, and personal sex lives.
In response to these systemic abuses, critics have characterized government and institutional countermeasures as inadequate, describing them as a tame answer to the issue. The persistent harassment highlights ongoing vulnerabilities for young women entering Japan's traditional corporate workforce.
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