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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Ex-Japan governor sent sexually harassing texts to staff

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2026, in Nagoya shows a list of sexually harassing texts that former Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto sent to female prefectural government staff, in an investigative report published the same day by external lawyers. The central Japan governor, who stepped down the previous month, sent approximately 1,000 inappropriate messages to multiple female staff members and also touched female staff members' bodies several times.

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest October 7th Damas - Syria

Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli gathering organized in Damascus on the second anniversary of October 7, marking the start Israel’s genocide campaign in Gaza. The protest, initially planned as a march, was surrounded by police and military vehicles. According to one participant, the march was blocked after slogans and chants were deemed inappropriate by the authorities, and Hamas flags were raised. Photo taken in Damascus, Syria, on October 7th, 2025. Photo by Basili Sandro/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Press Conference on Inappropriate Conduct by an IHI Consolidated Subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Pictured from left to right are Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems, and Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Photo: Takashi Murakado, President of IHI Power Systems. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press Conference on Inappropriate Conduct by IHI Consolidated Subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Pictured from left to right are Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems, and Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press Conference on Inappropriate Conduct by IHI Consolidated Subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Photo shows, from left, Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems; Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI; and Koji Takeda, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, and Environment Business Domain of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Pictured from left to right are Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems; Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI; and Koji Takeda, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, and Environment Business Domain of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI press conference regarding inappropriate actions by a consolidated subsidiary. Photo shows Koji Takeda, IHI Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, and Environment Business Area. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Photo shows, from left, Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems, Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI, and Koji Takeda, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of the Mineral Resources, Energy, and Environment Business Domain of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Photo: Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Press conference regarding inappropriate behavior by an IHI consolidated subsidiary

IHI held a press conference regarding inappropriate conduct by a consolidated subsidiary. Pictured from left to right are Takashi Murasumi, President of IHI Power Systems, and Hideo Morita, Executive Vice President of IHI. ＝April 24, 2024, in Tokyo.

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Inspires Video Game

Handout screen grab of the horror version of Mickey Mouse as seen in the game Infestation: Origins. Steamboat Willie lost US copyright protection on January 1, 2024, prompting a stream of films, games and parodies that will likely displease Disney. Just in the last two days, independent video game creators and film directors have announced two horror movies and a video game featuring the character, while memes are spreading online showing Mickey in absurd and inappropriate scenes, including nautical accidents and terrorist attacks. On Monday, video game developer Nightmare Forge revealed the trailer for Infestation 88, a horror game that sees a haunted-looking Steamboat Willie hunt the player down in a dark warehouse – two weeks after game developer Fumi released a trailer for a noirish “jazz-filled shooter” called Mouse, in which you play a Steamboat Willie-like gangster mouse causing bloody havoc. Photo by Nightmare Forge Games via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exploring Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory with Chinese vlogger

STORY: Exploring Tesla's Shanghai gigafactory with Chinese vlogger DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): UNCLE AI, Chinese vlogger STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): UNCLE AI, Chinese vlogger "Hello everyone, I'm Uncle AI. New energy vehicles have been gaining popularity in recent years, and if we don't go and check out companies that manufacture cars, wouldn't it be inappropriate? Today, I'm here to introduce a gigafactory that covers an area of more than 800,000 square meters. It only took less than a year to build this factory from vacant land. What does the gigafactory, capable of producing a white Model Y every 45 seconds, actually look like? Shanghai Tesla gigafactory, let's go. The process of manufacturing a car from scratch requires careful steps, but it's not as complicated as it seems. The general steps can be summarized as stamping, casting, welding, painting, electrical work, and final assembly. Let's break it down

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Japan PM Kishida's son Shotaro

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's eldest son and secretary Shotaro is pictured at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2023. Kishida said May 29 that Shotaro will be dismissed over inappropriate behavior.

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Japan PM Kishida's son rebuked for inappropriate photos

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far L) meets the press at his office in Tokyo on May 25, 2023, after a weekly magazine reported that Shotaro Kishida, his son and executive secretary, posed for photographs with relatives at a staircase and other symbolically important parts of the premier's official residence in a manner seen as disrespectful during a family function.

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Japan PM Kishida's son rebuked for inappropriate photos

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on May 25, 2023, after a weekly magazine reported that Shotaro Kishida, his son and executive secretary, posed for photographs with relatives at a staircase and other symbolically important parts of the premier's official residence in a manner seen as disrespectful during a family function.

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Japan PM Kishida's son rebuked for inappropriate photos

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on May 25, 2023, after a weekly magazine reported that Shotaro Kishida, his son and executive secretary, posed for photographs with relatives at a staircase and other symbolically important parts of the premier's official residence in a manner seen as disrespectful during a family function.

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KBS president

SEOUL, South Korea - Gil Hwan Young, president of South Korean television network KBS, is pictured near the South Korean presidential office in Seoul on May 9, 2014. He apologized that day for an inappropriate remark allegedly made by the broadcaster's news bureau director to the relatives of passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol.

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KBS president

SEOUL, South Korea - Gil Hwan Young (R), president of South Korean television network KBS, apologizes to the relatives of passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol near the South Korean presidential office in Seoul on May 9, 2014. The apology was made for an inappropriate remark allegedly made by the broadcaster's news bureau director.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - David Epstein, president of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of the company, Novartis Pharma K.K., announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - Dirk Kosche, new president of Novartis Pharma K.K., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors.

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Novartis management replaced

TOKYO, Japan - David Epstein (L), president of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 3, 2014. The Japanese sales arm of the company, Novartis Pharma K.K., announced that its president, Yoshiyasu Ninomiya, and two other top executives have resigned to take responsibility for its employees' inappropriate involvement in a clinical study led by medical doctors. At right is new Novartis Pharma K.K. President Dirk Kosche.

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Official abuses citizens groups on Twitter

TOKYO, Japan - Reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto, speaking at a House of Representatives committee meeting in Tokyo on June 13, 2013, says Twitter messages by Yasuhisa Mizuno, a senior official of the Reconstruction Agency which deals with the rebuilding of areas damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, were "inappropriate as a national government official" and he offered an apology.

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Lawmaker says Japan has swarms of S. Korean prostitutes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shingo Nishimura, a lower house lawmaker of the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Nishimura said "there are swarms of South Korean prostitutes in Japan" during a meeting of lawmakers from the party on May 17, 2013. He retracted the comments later that day saying it was "inappropriate to mention the name of South Korea" and submitted a letter stating his intention to leave the party.

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S. Korean daily rethinks March 12 'Japan Sinks' headline

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows page from Dec. 27, 2011 edition of the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo, on which is pictured two versions of the newspaper's front page from March 12, 2011, the day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. On the left is the front page as it appeared that day, bearing the headline ''Japan Sinks.'' On the right is the page as the newspaper now believes it should have appeared, with the headline ''Cheer Up, Japan.'' The daily said the original headline was inspired by a famous Japanese science fiction novel entitled ''Japan Sinks,'' about an earthquake destroying Japan. The JoongAng Ilbo said it received complaints, and now believes the headlined was inappropriate.

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Environment Minister Hosono at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono apologizes during a press conference at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2011, for an incident involving the inappropriate disposal of radioactive soil. A ministry official got rid of a small amount of low-level radioactive soil sent anonymously to the ministry from Fukushima Prefecture by dumping it at an empty lot near the official's home in Saitama Prefecture.

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Cover art of Bloomberg Businessweek

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the cover art of the March 21, 2011, edition of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, which features a cracked Japanese national flag with the headline ''Crisis in Japan.'' The Consulate General of Japan in New York lodged a protest with the magazine, claiming the cover art was inappropriate.

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Sumo association not to present Emperor's Cup at Nagoya meet

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Sumo Association will not present the Emperor's Cup (file photo) in a ceremony to congratulate the winner of the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament because of a gambling scandal rocking the ancient sport, the association said on July 7, 2010. The JSA voted not to go through with the presentation of awards, including the Prime Minister's Cup, saying that doing so would be inappropriate under the current circumstances.

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Journalist's remarks on abductees inappropriate: BPO

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Shigeru Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, relatives of Japanese people abducted by North Korea, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2010, after the human rights panel of a television watchdog concluded that a journalist remarking on a TV program that those abducted by North Korea must already be dead was ''inappropriate as it lacks consideration.''

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Journalist's remarks on abductees inappropriate: BPO

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Shigeru Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea, attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2010, after the human rights panel of a television watchdog concluded that a journalist remarking on a TV program that those abducted by North Korea must already be dead was ''inappropriate as it lacks consideration.''

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Kobe Steel head to resign over improper donations

KOBE, Japan - File photo shows Kobe Steel Ltd. Executive Vice President Hiroshi Sato, who will replace Yasuo Inubushi as president of the steelmaker on April 1. Inubushi will resign over inappropriate donations to local assembly candidates that were discovered recently by the company.

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Audits reveal inappropriate accounting totaling 125 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) receives from Kazuo Fushiya, president of the Board of Audit, the board's report for fiscal 2007 at the prime minister's office on Nov. 7. The report revealed 981 cases of inappropriate accounting totaling 125.36 billion yen at government agencies, ministries and government-funded corporations.

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Japan lawmaker raps gov't over Russia's shooting of Japan boat

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, an outspoken lawmaker from Hokkaido, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Aug. 24. He criticized the Japanese government for what he sees as its inappropriate handling of an incident last week in which Russian authorities shot at and seized a Japanese fishing boat leaving one of the crew members dead in waters off Hokkaido.

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Jasdaq chairman to double as president

TOKYO, Japan - Jasdaq Market Inc. Chairman Kiyoshi Nagano announced in Tokyo on May 31 he will double as president to succeed Nobuo Kurakazu, who will resign in June over inappropriate stock trading. The operator of the over-the-counter market for start-up companies will finalize the appointment at a board meeting to be held after a shareholders meeting June 23.