Senior defense officials, SDF members to be disciplined over scandals

Not going to help hiring if everything is revealed.

As we say here, dirty laundry is to be kept in the family.

The ministry officials to be disciplined, including senior deputy minister-level personnel, have been accused of repeatedly making intimidating remarks against their subordinates, causing psychological suffering, the sources said.

Those young people who refuse being recruited in the first place, basically they are smart! They avoid that in the first place.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/08/japan/japan-sdf-recruits-record-low/

How about taking to task the leaders who created a caustic environment that covered up multiple cases of sexual assault and harassment?

It's literally a no brainer as to why the JSDF is having problems meeting recruiting goals!

The ministry officials to be disciplined, including senior deputy minister-level personnel, have been accused of repeatedly making intimidating remarks against their subordinates, causing psychological suffering, the sources said.

Kyodo hack manages to avoid calling it power harassment, bullying, threatening language and mental cruelty.

Don't use my tax for such stupid thing.

Those are tax funds being misused.

Happens a lot with public agencies.

The floggings will continue until morale improves...

A downward spiral seems likely at this point. Scandals make capable people choose not to be involved with the SDF so recruiting drops, the push for militarization requires people so the SDF lower their standards and recruit people that previously would be considered unacceptable, the new recruits are more likely to cause further problems, tarnishing even more the name of the SDF and the cycle continues.

Heads must roll.

On Friday, meanwhile, Kihara instructed the launch of a special investigation into the alleged use of slush funds by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. to provide money and goods to MSDF submarine crew members under the guise of transactions with subcontractors.

Nasty stuff. If corruption infiltrates the armed forces, in no time it will resemble and be as ineffectual as the PLA, only good for keeping its own people in order. Nobody wants that.

Gonna be some strict punishment doled out here. I suspect stern looks, slightly stern warnings, a month of half pay, some shuffling of titles, and then back to business as usual.

the MSDF "must not" do anything that could raise doubt among the public.

= "Don't get caught next time."

I bet the "discipline" will be something like the classic 10% pay cut for 3 months.

Milking the tax-payer in Japan.

It’s the norm,so no gaol time then?