{"id":35658,"date":"2024-09-04T14:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=35658"},"modified":"2024-09-04T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T09:10:33","slug":"survey-reveals-50-of-hyogo-prefectural-employees-aware-of-power-harassment-allegations-against-governor-saito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan\/survey-reveals-50-of-hyogo-prefectural-employees-aware-of-power-harassment-allegations-against-governor-saito\/35658\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey reveals 50% of Hyogo Prefectural employees aware of power harassment allegations against Governor Saito"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a developing controversy surrounding Hyogo Governor Saito, a recent survey has shed light on the extent of awareness among prefectural employees regarding allegations of power harassment. The survey, which involved approximately 2,000 employees, reveals that about 50% of respondents have heard or witnessed instances related to the governor\u2019s alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly\u2019s 100-Article Committee, tasked with probing the power harassment claims against Governor Saito, had previously released an interim report in August. This initial report indicated that around 40% of employees had knowledge of the allegations. The new survey, however, provides a more detailed account.<\/p>\n

Of the 2,000 employees surveyed, 1,052, or 50%, acknowledged having seen or heard about the governor\u2019s alleged abusive behavior. Among them, 71 individuals reported that they had personally witnessed instances of power harassment. Notable comments from the survey included reports of the governor displaying anger and asserting his authority with phrases like, \u201cI\u2019m the governor,\u201d and instances where he reportedly ignored staff greetings.<\/p>\n

Additionally, around 30% of respondents, totaling 599 people, reported hearing about allegations related to Governor Saito receiving gifts. Comments from the free-form section included claims that the governor requests souvenirs during business trips and brings back items such as crabs, oysters, strawberries, and seaweed.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that many of these comments are based on informal, word-of-mouth accounts. The 100-Article Committee will use these findings as part of their investigation, with a comprehensive report expected to be published in September. This survey underscores the breadth of the allegations and the potential impact on Governor Saito\u2019s administration as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly\u2019s 100-Article Committee, tasked with probing the power harassment claims against Governor Saito, had previously released an interim report in August. This initial report indicated that around 40% of employees had knowledge of the allegations. The new survey, however, provides a more detailed account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":35659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[19407,19931,268,15283,11875,20127,19406,14598],"class_list":["post-35658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","tag-governor-saito","tag-hyogo-prefecture","tag-japan","tag-japan-government","tag-japan-politics","tag-power-harassment","tag-power-harassment-allegations","tag-saito"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35660,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35658\/revisions\/35660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}