The findings are part of a larger investigation into allegations of harassment within Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF), including by whistleblower and former SDF member Rina Gonoi.
The report, released last week, reviewed 1,325 reports of harassment.
Most were “power harassment” incidents, meaning workplace bullying or other abuses of power, while about 12% were sexual harassment cases.
But it paid off, eventually prompting a sweeping probe into sexual harassment across the SDF.
Prosecutors reopened an investigation that found she had endured physical and verbal sexual harassment daily between fall 2020 and August 2021, according to Gonoi’s defense team.
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