Around 80% of people working in Japan's creative industries said they have been subjected to sexual or power harassment during the last decade, an online survey by industry insiders showed Wednesday.

Many of the 1,195 people reporting abuse in the survey, which was conducted from December to January and covered 1,449 people, were women, young people or freelancers. Their areas of work ranged from anime and the fine arts, to movies and theater.

A person familiar with the matter said that victims found it difficult to complain since they felt they could not afford to lose their job.