A group of Japanese women are protesting against an unofficial workplace rule.
They submitted a petition to the Government on a de-facto requirement for female staff to wear high heels at work, AFP reports.
Actress and freelance writer Yumi Ishikawa launched the #KuToo campaign. It has won support from nearly 19,000 people online.
#KuToo is a play on words from "kutsu" (shoes) and "kutsuu" (pain).
Campaigners say wearing high heels is seen as near-obligatory when job hunting or working at many Japanese companies, AFP reports.
