Single dad appeals against loss in first paternity harassment lawsuit in Japan

Glen Wood with his son who is now four. - Photo courtesy of Glen Wood

TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): A Tokyo court has ruled against a single father, who accused his former employer Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, of unjustly sidelining him after his only son was born, in the first paternity harassment judgment in Japan.

Presiding Judge Kenkichi Sakuma dismissed claims by Glen Wood, who had been head of global equity sales, that he was deliberately not given work and shut out of meetings after returning from paternity leave in 2016.