Vice President Miyata is promoted to new president of ENEOS HD, “a person with strong ethical standards”. At E NEOS Holdings, in August of last year, then-Chairman Tsutomu Sugimori resigned after being accused of sexually inappropriate behavior toward a woman at a restaurant.

Last December, he was fired for acting inappropriately toward a women at a social gathering, and the vice president in charge of compliance, who was also present, also resigned. Furthermore, this month, the chairman of a group company was dismissed for sexually harassing a woman.