Criticism mounted Friday of Japan's top Finance Ministry bureaucrat after an alleged audio clip of him sexually harassing a female reporter emerged.In the clip posted on the website of a weekly magazine publisher a day after it reported on the bureaucrat's behavior, a man purported to be Junichi Fukuda, vice finance minister, asks a reporter, "Can I give you a hug?" and "Can I touch your boobs?"(Reporters await Junichi Fukuda, center back, as he leaves Finance Ministry) The Shukan Shincho reported that Fukuda made sexually suggestive comments to female reporters while drinking. He denied t…READ FULL ARTICLE
