Japan's Public Prosecutor's Office has recently been rocked by a series of scandals involving misconduct by elite prosecutors.
An ex-prosecutor who publicly accused her boss of rape said on Tuesday that her former office needs reform, adding that victims’ allegations are not properly investigated. Very few women in Japan speak out about sexual assault, but the prosecutor, who uses the pseudonym Hikari, in 2024 accused Osaka’s then-top prosecutor of raping her six years earlier. Kentaro Kitagawa, who retired after serving as head of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office, was arrested and admitted the assault but later withdrew his statement, saying the sex was consensual.
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