Overview

• The 59-year-old resigned effective Aug. 18 despite being due to retire next spring, after receiving a Commissioner‑General's admonition dated Aug. 7.
• The admonition is the most severe supervisory measure short of formal disciplinary action, according to the police.
• At an April social event, he told female dormitory residents they would struggle with “bride training” because they did not cook and said “the birth rate will fall.”
• Investigators determined the comments constituted sexual harassment, and multiple station employees heard the remarks at the time.
• He also made other inappropriate comments to female officers about their appearance, and Machida Police Station employs about 600 officers.