{"id":158448,"date":"2023-11-29T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=158448&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:49:25","slug":"allegations-of-repeated-power-harassment-by-mayor-of-miyawaka-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/allegations-of-repeated-power-harassment-by-mayor-of-miyawaka-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations of Repeated Power Harassment by Mayor of Miyawaka City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple staff members have filed complaints with the Miyawaka City Fairness Committee, alleging that Mayor Hidetoshi Shiokawa made repeated power harassment comments, such as telling a male department head to resign. The complaints include nine instances, dating back to January this year. Mayor Shiokawa, admitting to some of the comments, expressed regret if his words were found offensive. He has a background as a high school teacher and a member of the prefectural assembly before being elected as mayor last year. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20231128\/5010022587.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_miyawaka-city-hall-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Allegations of Repeated Power Harassment by Mayor of Miyawaka City\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_miyawaka-city-hall-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_miyawaka-city-hall-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fnn_miyawaka-city-hall-wiki_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Miyawaka_City_office_since_2020.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Muyo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple staff members have filed complaints with the Miyawaka City Fairness Committee, alleging that Mayor Hidetoshi Shiokawa made repeated power harassment comments, such as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":158456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-158448","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/158448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}