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British alpinist Fay Manners has made history by becoming the first British woman to establish a new climbing route on the Eiger North Face in Switzerland, highlighting persistent gender disparities in elite mountaineering.
A Seoul court has upheld a one-month pay cut for a dance company manager who told a female employee she was the "pretty one" and should sit beside the president, ruling the remark constituted workplace sexual harassment.
Japan's parliament has passed significant amendments to its Imperial House Law, permitting male adoption from former branch families and allowing female royals to retain status after marriage to commoners. The male-only succession remains unchanged.