Foreign Rights Activist Retires

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Yomiuri: Korean worker who sued Tokyo govt retires
Public health nurse Chong Hyang Gyun was all smiles when she retired from the Tokyo metropolitan government recently, even though it had refused to let her seek promotion because of her South Korean nationality. A second-generation Korean resident of this country, Chong sued the metropolitan government in 1994, demanding she be allowed to take a promotion exam for a managerial post. The trial went on for 10 years of Chong's 22-year career with the metropolitan government. Ultimately, Chong was not able to be promoted because the Supreme Court overturned her victory in a lower court. Upon her retirement, however, she smiled and said, "I have no regrets."mChong officially retired Wednesday, as she had reached her mandatory retirement age of 60..."I've been tense ever since filing the lawsuit, trying not to make any mistakes in other areas. Now I can finally relax," Chong said. Chong recently has been interested in supporting Indonesian nurse candidates in Japan. During the New Year holidays, she held a gathering to introduce them to Japanese culture. "Now that a greater number of foreigners are in Japan, society as a whole should think about how to assimilate them," Chong said...more...