The chairman of the House of Representatives Hosoda, who was reportedly accused of sexual harassment by female reporters in a weekly magazine, filed a lawsuit against the publisher for damages of 22 million yen, saying that the content of the report is unfounded and defamation. I did.
"Weekly Bunshun" repeated acts that could be perceived as sexual harassment, such as inviting a female reporter to come to her house at midnight about the chairman of the House of Representatives Hosoda, and it is suspected that she was also sexually harassing female employees at the LDP headquarters. And so on.
Regarding this, Chairman Hosoda said on the 17th, "The news is unfounded, and there are many malicious impression manipulations and factual tunes. It corresponds to defamation and can not be overlooked at all." In response, we filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court seeking damages of 22 million yen and posting an apology advertisement.
On the other hand, the editorial department of "Weekly Bunshun" said, "It is a pity that Chairman Hosoda, the head of the highest authority of state power, filed a proceeding without being explained in public. I am confident enough to be based on the facts of sexual harassment in a trial. "