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Japanese Theater Firm to Pay Compensation After Harassed Actress’ Death


A Japanese all-female theater firm is to pay compensation after the death of an actor who was harassed.

She was found at or near her condominium in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, a case which the local police are treating as probable death by suicide. “The two sides have reached a broad agreement on various issues, including compensation,” the Kyodo news agency reported from a press conference held in Osaka on Thursday. Earlier, the theater company had said that an investigation by an Osaka law firm was unable to confirm bullying or harassment, but that it did acknowledge the psychological impact.

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