Overview

• The municipal hospital organization dismissed a 31-year-old nurse for cycling while intoxicated under its guideline requiring dismissal for drunk driving.
• Fukuoka City suspended a 59-year-old department-head-level employee for nine months after he allegedly took another person’s locked bicycle while intoxicated, and police have questioned him on theft suspicions.
• A 26-year-old road and sewer bureau clerk received a nine-month suspension for neglecting welfare assistance procedures over a year and falsifying documents, with his immediate supervisor formally reprimanded for oversight failures.
• These measures were publicly announced on August 12 after months of city investigations into misconduct spanning welfare fraud and alcohol-related offenses.
• The actions reflect Fukuoka’s move to strengthen internal discipline and underscore how administrative penalties can run in parallel with potential criminal probes.