JOC Managing Director Tomozoe resigns from Waseda University last month due to "power harassment" whistleblower

JOC Managing Director Tomozoe resigns from Waseda University last month due to whistle-blowing "power harassment" November 17, 23:54

The JOC = Japanese Olympic Committee has announced that Hidenori Tomozoe, Managing Director, has resigned.

Mr. Tomozoe retired from Waseda University, where he was a professor, because of "self-convenience" because he was accused of so-called "power harassment" at the end of last month.

This was reported at the JOC board meeting held in Tokyo on the 17th.

According to this, Mr. Tomozoe submitted a resignation notice to the JOC on the 12th of this month for "self-convenience", and Chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita accepted it the next day.

Mr. Tomozoe was a director at Waseda University and a professor at the Faculty of Sport Sciences, but according to the university, there was a whistleblower of "power harassment" in November last year, and as a result of an investigation by the investigation committee, Tomozoe It means that "power harassment" such as harassment of two teachers by Mr. Soe was certified.

Tomozoe retired late last month because of "self-convenience" without being punished as a university.

According to the people concerned, Mr. Tomozoe said, "I didn't recognize it as power harassment."

The JOC wants to urgently consider the successor to the managing director who was vacated by Mr. Tomozoe's resignation.