Kyodo News president to resign over official's inappropriate actions toward female applicant
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Kyodo News agency says its president Satoshi Ishikawa has announced he will resign next month over inappropriate behavior by the company's former head of personnel toward a female job applicant.
Deputy Managing Director Shoji Mitsuchi said Ishikawa said Thursday he will step down to take responsibility for "creating confusion" over the incident.
A top deputy, Senior Executive Director Shuichi Ito, will also resign. The resignations will be formalized at a June 20 regular general meeting of Kyodo's members, who are expected to select Ishikawa's successor.
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Mitsuchi said Kyodo's former head of personnel, Satoru Kondo, was fired May 20 after the company discovered he had helped a university student on her application essay and went out drinking with her at a traditional Japanese bar in December.
Ishikawa became president in 2005.