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

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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 28 points 10 months ago

HIDEO KOJIMA???????

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

[-] mrbitterness@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago

He's got 99 problems and well...

[-] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Impressively disgusting

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow, this is a promising step forward.

Good to hear

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

< insert 99 problems joke>

[-] leanleft@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

japan seems kinda messed up.

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