Fujitsu chair resigns after ‘woman-related inappropriate conduct’

Hidenori Furuta has resigned as chair of Fujitsu after the board became aware of his “woman-related inappropriate conduct”, the company said. Furuta stepped down after two years in the role and requested to resign as a director as of 16 June, a stock market filing said.

Fujitsu has withdrawn his candidacy as a non-executive director at its annual shareholders’ meeting later this month. A spokesperson said “there was inappropriate conduct” that was “woman-related”, but gave no further details, the Financial Times reported. When contacted via LinkedIn Furuta said: “The company statement speaks for itself.” Fujitsu has been at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal after supplying faulty software that led to thousands of post office operators being falsely accused, with 900 wrongfully convicted for theft and false accounting.

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