Justice Minister Yamashita says she will publish the results of a harassment survey covering all prosecutors' office staff, in connection with the case of a former senior prosecutor at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate who was too drunk to resist.
Speaking about the survey, Yamashita said the results would be released "under my responsibility." The source does not say when the survey began, when it will be finished, or when the findings will be made public.
The same day, the former prosecutor denied the charges against him and pleaded not guilty, NHK reported. The source does not give his name, his age, or the date of the hearing.
The case
The man, a former 検事正 (kenjisei) — the top prosecutor at a district prosecutors office — is accused of assaulting the woman after she became unable to resist because of alcohol. He is standing trial on the charge.
The survey covers all staff of the prosecutors' offices, not only the Osaka office, according to the account given by the justice minister.