職員に暴言の東郷町長、辞職へ　「自身の無知恥じる」―愛知

　職員に対する暴言がハラスメントの認定を受けた愛知県東郷町の井俣憲治町長（５７）は２５日、町役場で記者会見し、「町の未来のため、町民の幸せのために辞職を決断した」と表明した。２４日夕に町議会議長に辞職願を提出しており、議会の同意が得られれば５月２日付で辞職する。
　井俣氏は会見で「職員におわびしたい」と謝罪。「自身が無知だったことを恥じる」などと述べた。一方、「強い指導イコール、ハラスメントではない。しっかり届くような指導が大切で、プロセスの重要性を学んだ」とも話した。
　弁護士らによる第三者委員会は今月２２日、井俣氏が就任した２０１８年から、複数の職員に対し、継続的にパワハラ、セクハラなどを行ってきたとする調査報告書を公表。「死ね」「いつ巨乳になって帰ってくるの」など多数の不適切な言動があったと認定した。（2024/04/25-12:11）

The mayors of two central Japan towns each announced their resignations Thursday over their respective harassment scandals.
   Mayor Kenji Imata of Togo, Aichi Prefecture, was found by a third-party committee including lawyers to have continuously engaged in power harassment and sexual harassment against several town employees since he took office in 2018. The committee recognized several inappropriate remarks by Imata, such as telling someone to die and telling another, "When will you get big boobs?"
   "I want to apologize to the employees," Imata, 57, said at a press conference Thursday, after submitting his resignation to the town assembly the previous day. "I am ashamed that I was ignorant."
   At the same time, the mayor said, "Strong guidance is different from harassment. It is important to give guidance that gets through to people, and I learned the importance of the process."
   Meanwhile, Mayor Kazuo Okazaki of Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, submitted his resignation to the town assembly on Thursday after another third-party committee released a report the previous day recognizing his sexual harassment against 15 town employees.