Japan oil giant says misconduct against woman led to CEO resignation

Japanese oil giant Eneos Holdings Inc. said Wednesday the recent resignation of chief executive Tsutomu Sugimori resulted from his inappropriate conduct against a woman, echoing the fall from grace of a prominent Japanese actor following similar misconduct.Sugimori's abrupt departure was announced Aug. 12, with the company citing "personal reasons" without elaborating at the time. Eneos's Wednesday follow-up came just after a weekly magazine alleged in an online report that he had sexually harassed and injured a hostess at a bar in the southern prefecture of Okinawa.The company said in a st…READ FULL ARTICLE