Kumamoto: Women Learn to Operate Forklifts in Kumamoto Prefecture; Preparing for Disaster

The Yomiuri Shimbun
17:26 JST,
February 4, 2025
KIKUCHI, Kumamoto — To increase women’s role in providing support in areas hit by disaster, a workshop for them to learn how to operate a forklift was held in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, in January. Against the stereotype of forklifts being operated by men, nine women from the prefecture successfu...
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