Tokyo court orders Waseda Uni and ex-prof to pay student who dropped out over sexual harassment

Rena Fukazawa had filed a lawsuit against the university and the former professor, claiming a total of 5.5 million yen (RM18,400) in damages. -The Japan News

TOKYO (The Japan News/Asia News Network): The Tokyo District Court has ordered Waseda University and Naomi Watanabe, a Japanese literary critic and former professor at the prestigious private university, to pay 550,000 yen (RM18,400) in damages to a former graduate student for sexual harassment.

Rena Fukazawa, 32, now a writer, filed a lawsuit with the court against Watanabe, 71, and the university, claiming a total of 5.5 million yen in damages.