80% of art scene workers in Japan harassed within last decade: survey

Around 80 percent of people working in Japan's art scene said they have been subjected to abuse of power or sexually harassed during the last decade, an online survey by industry insiders showed Wednesday.Many of the 1,195 people reporting abuse out of 1,449 respondents in the survey conducted from December to January were women, young or freelancers. Their industries ranged from anime to the classical arts.A person familiar with the matter said that victims found it difficult to complain since they felt they needed the job.Abuse of power by bosses included facing unreasonable criticism bas…READ FULL ARTICLE