Fukui deputy governor leading women's empowerment in scandal-mired prefecture
Mio Washizu, deputy governor of Fukui Prefecture, is leading efforts to promote women's participation in society as the prefecture seeks to reform itself in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal involving the former governor.Washizu, 45, who lives with two elementary school-age daughters in Fukui while her husband lives in Tokyo, said that she is able to balance work, housework and childcare by not seeking to manage everything on her own, instead relying on the support of those around her and the systems available.The deputy governor was tasked with holding a news conference to apologize for the harassment scandal, after the prefectural government confirmed in January that about 1,000 messages had been deemed to constitute sexual harassment, as well as three cases of physical harm, by the former governor.
