Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".
President of Towa Bank apologizes for employee suicide.
It was revealed on the 7th of this month that seven years ago, a male employee of Towa Bank, then 25 years old, was transferred to a branch in Saitama Prefecture,
and about two months later, committed suicide due to power harassment by his superiors,
and the death was recognized as an industrial accident.
President Ebara apologized for this issue,
saying, "We deeply apologize for causing such a terrible and irreparable incident."
He then stated that the bank will continue to provide harassment training to all employees.
He also revealed that the bank is working to prevent recurrences,
such as by changing the way it trains young employees from focusing on results to focusing on process.