The U.S. State Department expressed concern Friday about sexual harassment in Japan, saying it remained "widespread" in the workplace.The view was expressed in an annual report on human rights around the world issued two days after a top Japanese Finance Ministry official decided to quit over allegations that he sexually harassed a female reporter.Quoting a Japanese health ministry survey in 2016, the State Department said in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017 that 30 percent of women in full- and part-time employment reported being sexually harassed at work in Japan.Asi…READ FULL ARTICLE
