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Tokyo Approves Office Shorts, 53% Oppose, Laser Hair Demand Rises

7/22/2026

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike launched the “Tokyo Cool Biz” program in April, permitting office shorts.
A June Gorilla Clinic survey showed 53.5% opposed office shorts and 46.5% supported them, prompting critics to note that women must still wear tights and label the effect “leg hair harassment” (sunehara).
Gorilla Clinic director Akifumi Funatsu reports a rise in laser-hair-removal requests as men’s bare legs become visible under the new rule.

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Story summary

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike launched the “Tokyo Cool Biz” program in April, permitting office shorts.
A June Gorilla Clinic survey showed 53.5% opposed office shorts and 46.5% supported them, prompting critics to note that women must still wear tights and label the effect “leg hair harassment” (sunehara).
Gorilla Clinic director Akifumi Funatsu reports a rise in laser-hair-removal requests as men’s bare legs become visible under the new rule.