The labor ministry will enhance measures against companies that make workers use their own money to buy the products they sell to reach their sales quotas, officials said Monday. The …
Kobe – A group of Hyogo Prefectural Assembly members plans to submit a no-confidence motion against Gov. Motohiko Saito over his alleged power harassment to the assembly’s session in September, …
Kobe – A special investigative committee set up by the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly released a report Friday detailing alleged inappropriate practices by Gov. Motohiko Saito including power harassment, or workplace …
Nearly 40% of Hyogo Prefectural government employees reported either witnessing or hearing about instances of power harassment by Gov. Motohiko Saito, an interim report revealed Tuesday. The figure comes from …
About 30% of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship, a labor ministry survey has shown. The proportion of such respondents …
Togo, Aichi Pref./Ikeda, Gifu Pref. – The mayors of two towns in central Japan each announced their resignations Thursday over their respective harassment scandals. Mayor Kenji Imata of Togo, Aichi …
A major general in his 50s with the Ground Self-Defense Force has been demoted by two ranks to lieutenant colonel for power harassment against subordinates, the Defense Ministry said Friday. …
Over 60% of the Self-Defense Forces personnel who claimed to have been harassed did not use a consultation system set up to aid in such cases, a survey by the …