Central Japan mayor to quit after 99 confirmed sexual harassment incidents

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240229/p2a/00m/0na/017000c

GINAN, Gifu -- The mayor of this central Japan town on Feb. 28 announced his intention to resign after an investigative committee confirmed he had sexually harassed female staff at least 99 times.

Ginan, Gifu Prefecture, Mayor Hideo Kojima, 74, is expected to submit his letter of resignation as early as Feb. 29, and leave his post on March 5.

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Binette@lemmy.ml · 25 pts · 2y (1 reply)

HIDEO KOJIMA???????

zod000@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y

!

mrbitterness@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y

He's got 99 problems and well...

Trebuchet@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Impressively disgusting

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah, this could be an inspirational story about never quitting no matter the odds.

agressivelyPassive@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y

< insert 99 problems joke>

Varyk@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y

Wow, this is a promising step forward.

Good to hear

leanleft@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y

japan seems kinda messed up.