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TATSUJI SUGIMOTO

Then-Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto speaks during a news conference in November.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 7, 2026
Former Fukui governor¡¯s actions could be seen as sexual assault, lawyers say
Former Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto even messaged four female prefectural workers to the point they feared checking their phones, according to a government report.
Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto speaks at a news conference at the prefectural government office on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 4, 2025
Fukui governor resigns over sexual harassment of government employees
Tatsuji Sugimoto, 63, stepped down after admitting to sending inappropriate messages that constitute sexual harassment to multiple Fukui government workers.
Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto apologizes during a news conference at the prefectural government office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2025
Fukui governor to resign over alleged sexual harassment
Tatsuji Sugimoto said he will step down to ¡°minimize confusion¡± and to allow the prefectural government to find a new governor as soon as possible.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2021
Three aging reactors in Fukui Prefecture given OK for restart
The prefecture¡¯s decision could set a precedent that leads to more aging reactors getting restarted instead of being scrapped.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Japan¡¯s colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Japan¡¯s changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Japan¡¯s concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Japan¡¯s earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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