Mayor quits amid 99 sex claims


Facing the music: Kojima wiping away tears as he speaks at a press conference in the town of Ginan, Gifu prefecture. He has denied some of the allegations detailed in a report by an independent committee. — AFP

The resignation of a Japanese mayor facing 99 allegations of sexual harassment sparked anger on social media after he denied some cases and wept at a press conference.

An official investigation accused Hideo Kojima, the mayor of a town in the central Gifu region, of several incidents of harassment, including touching a colleague’s breasts and buttocks.

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