Osaka - stipendio tagliato per un mese perché porta tatuaggi

Da JapanToday:

Female Osaka school clerk's pay docked over tattoos A 23-year-old woman who works as a school clerk in Osaka has been disciplined for having tattoos. The woman had her salary cut for one month for violating ethical rules, the Osaka board of education said, NTV reported Friday. According to the board, the woman got three tattoos from 2012 to 2013: one on her left arm and two on her left ankle. There was an anonymous call to the school complaining about the tattoos, which prompted the board to investigate the case. NTV reported that the woman has agreed to have her tattoos removed. This is the first time an Osaka government employee has been punished for having tattoos since Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto announced an anti-tattoo policy in June, 2012. Hashimoto conducted a compulsory survey in which all employees of the city government were pressured to provide information about visible and concealed tattoos. Hashimoto said the local government would block the promotion and advancement of any city employee who declined to respond to the survey asking them if they have tattoos. The survey was criticized by lawmakers and teachers throughout the prefecture, where about 800 teachers and other school workers refused to respond, saying it infringed on their right to privacy.