Japanese mayor apologises after senior official allegedly made 'inappropriate gesture' to visiting daughter of Dubbo mayor

  • 📰 abcnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 38 sec. here
  • 4 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 26%
  • Publisher: 83%

Dubbo News

Sexual Harassment,Minokamo

The alleged incident occurred during a karaoke afterparty involving Japanese officials from the town of Minokamo and a visiting delegation from the New South Wales town of Dubbo.

A Japanese official allegedly made an "inappropriate gesture" at a karaoke afterparty with visiting officials from Dubbo .The mayor of a Japanese town has apologised after a senior official made an "inappropriate" gesture to the visiting daughter of the mayor of Dubbo .

A video of the incident was eventually sent to Cr Nagata's boss, the mayor of Minokamo, Hiroto Fujii. He had told Japanese media he was "drunk" and did not remember the event clearly. He's denied his actions were intentional. Cr Dickerson said he had accepted the apology from his Japanese counterpart, and the incident would not impact the relationship between the two towns.

Also at Thursday's council meeting, Minokamo members discussed the need to develop measures to prevent this type of "harassment" from happening again.Former AFL footballer Cam McCarthy dies aged 29 'You made all this up': Stormy Daniels faces accusations in heated cross-examination during Donald Trump hush money trial

Sexual Harassment Minokamo

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Historic sexual assault charge against former Dubbo mayor Ben Shields droppedThe sexual assault trial of former Dubbo mayor Ben Shields has been aborted after the prosecution decided not to proceed with the case.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Trial begins for former Dubbo mayor Ben Shields accused of historical sexual assault in 2003A Parramatta court hears a phone call recorded by police in 2022, in which former Dubbo mayor Ben Shields tells the man 'this is something that would absolutely wreck me'.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

One dead, multiple people injured in bus and car collision near Dubbo, NSWEmergency services are at the scene on the Mitchell Highway and police have declared a critical incident.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Man dead and several injured after car crashes into bus following police pursuit near DubboPolice attempted to stop the vehicle but a short time later it hit the bus on the Mitchell Highway
Source: GuardianAus - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »

Man dead, multiple people injured after car collides with bus near DubboEight passengers have been taken to hospital after the crash, which happened moments after police halted a pursuit.
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

Parkrun keeps 94-year-old Dubbo man active as popularity of community fitness groups growsLes Brookfield has walked 100 parkruns and is determined to keep exercising thanks to the health and social benefits he notices from the activity.
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »