Gov't worker gets pay cut for calling woman to hotel during duty hours

Saturday 15th November, 06:28 AM JST

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techall at 12:18 PM JST - 15th November

ptolemy: Great post! Poll time!!!!
WMD at 02:49 PM JST - 15th November

What's the problem here?? It's just a case of a civil servant trying to satisfy a member of the public.
WMD at 02:51 PM JST - 15th November

It's amazing how the power of the truncheon overcomes common sense
meanmutha at 03:24 PM JST - 15th November

Most of the men here really just smoke outside most of the day (perhaps 2 hours a day). No big deal here.... anyway he got a spanking and this is the punishment most of the time here. Unless youre cold blooded killer or gaijin.
MeanRingo at 03:31 PM JST - 15th November

I bet there are a lot of guys in his office that also deserve a 20 percent pay cut. I think the whole "Hey Koji, go out and get the minister another atlas" is code for "go and rock a hooker for a couple of hours and tomorrow it's my turn."
boboh at 03:56 PM JST - 15th November

But he did "exert utmost efforts"....just in a hotel room, not his office.
tclh at 04:35 PM JST - 15th November

His job must be some kind of very light,almost nothing to do and for that reason this is the only way for him to get some exercise and get the energy out,:).
Disillusioned at 04:46 PM JST - 15th November

What a load of bull's poop! He would have been fired in any other country. Only in Japan can you be a sex craved loser and be lightly punished for it! I wanna punch this guy right in the face for abuse of the taxes I pay to have sickos like this on MY payroll!
dotherightthing at 04:49 PM JST - 15th November

20% salary cut for 6 months.....hahhaaaa! what a joke :)
sohhp at 08:25 PM JST - 15th November

What a twat
cuddles20008 at 08:33 PM JST - 15th November

This must be the JOKE of the year.

I bet the boss is pissed he didn`t think of it first.

What the hell was the boss thinking asking an employee to go buy an atlas when he can buy his own dam atlas on his way home.

How many higher ranking officials waste public money doing NON public work, ie: Golf, Drinking or any other activity.

Wonder if his boss has a skeleton in his closet too.

Cuddles
as_the_crow_flies at 09:45 PM JST - 15th November

...left the office during duty hours and called in a woman from an escort service to a hotel in Tokyo, the ministry said. The employee apparently violated the national public service law which requires all public officials to serve the public interest and exert utmost efforts in the performance of their duties...

Obviously he didn't serve her and she wasn't impressed at his exertions in his performance. Maybe next time he'll be a bit more choosy.
helloklitty at 04:57 AM JST - 17th November

The real crime is buying an atlas. How much was that? I get it for free on the computer.
DXXJP at 12:19 AM JST - 18th November

Funny you all crying foul about this. To bad you dont realize he,s the only one that got caught, how many more members of the gov do this repeatedly and with tax money. You wanna punch someone in the face punch yourself for paying into it and not demanding a fair return. Any of you remember the guy from up north that had a Filipino whore. He used tax money he stole to buy a house, cloths, and what nots for her. Then the Jgov actually had the gall to ask her for it back.

Get over it if I could bang a hooker on an errand I would do it every chance I got and Im sure most of you criers here would too.
PepinGalarga at 12:37 AM JST - 20th November

I guess the boss needed an atlas of love hotels in Kabukucho, so the guy decided to research it by himself. badass move.