The Defense Ministry apologized on Thursday to a former member of the Ground Self-Defense Force after an internal probe confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted by colleagues.
The investigation found that Rina Gonoi, 23, had been subjected to sexual harassment, including sexually explicit comments, on a daily basis, and been the victim of other forms of abuse from fall 2020 through August last year, including being forced to the ground at a dormitory during training.
The ministry said it will identify the perpetrators and promptly take disciplinary action against them.