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Central Japan mayor to quit after 99 confirmed sexual harassment incidents (mainichi.jp)

submitted 8 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

HIDEO KOJIMA???????

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

[–] mrbitterness@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

He's got 99 problems and well...

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Impressively disgusting

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

< insert 99 problems joke>

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Wow, this is a promising step forward.

Good to hear

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

japan seems kinda messed up.