The Nagasaki city government was ordered by a court Monday to pay around 19.75 million yen ($155,000) in compensation to a female journalist who was sexually assaulted by a male senior official in 2007 and suffered additional harm as a result of falsehoods spread by another official.The plaintiff's side had demanded that the southwestern Japan city pay around 74 million yen in the suit filed at the Nagasaki District Court in 2019, arguing the now-deceased official misused his position and exercised authority to assault the reporter, and the city also failed to prevent additional harm.The re…READ FULL ARTICLE
