A former Ground Self-Defense member received apologies from four servicemen who had sexually abused her while she was serving in the GSDF, the woman said Monday.
According to Rina Gonoi, the four indicated to her that they intend to leave the Self-Defense Forces after disciplinary actions against them are decided by the Defense Ministry.
Gonoi, 23, was an SDF member from April 2020 to June 2022. The four servicemen included three of Gonoi's supervisors when she worked at the GSDF's Camp Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture, and she was subjected to multiple acts of sexual harassment by them during that time. In an assault in August last year, the men pressed the lower part of their bodies against her at a training area accommodations facility at the camp.
