The Finance Ministry gave senior officials a training course on Wednesday with the goal of preventing sexual harassment following the recent resignation of its top bureaucrat, who allegedly harassed a female reporter.
It is the first time the ministry has hosted blanket lectures against sexual harassment for senior officials. Its internal consultants, who are in charge of providing counselling for employees on sexual harassment, also joined the event.
Takako Sugaya, a lawyer who gave a lecture during the training session, urged participants to have a sense of ownership so as to prevent sexual harassment, saying that perception of the matter within the ministry is much different from the feeling of the general public.