Man hit for acupuncture during city work hours

Written by Writer on Friday, October 17th, 2008

Man hit for acupuncture during city work hours

KAWASAKI–A Kawasaki city government official received a written admonishment for treating his colleagues with acupuncture during working hours for five years, it has been learned.

According to the Kawasaki city government, the man in his 50s was at the level of section head at a construction center in Asao Ward, Kawasaki. He obtained a license to perform acupuncture in April 2001 and treated his colleagues over a five-year period until the end of 2007.

The city government was tipped off about the case in April. The municipality concluded the man violated the duty to devote himself to work and issued him a written admonishment on May 26, while verbally reprimanding eight municipal workers who received treatment from the man.

Between 2003 and 2007, the man treated the eight staff members with acupuncture at the construction center and a resting room of a city-run facility in Tama Ward in the city, among other places he visited for business purposes, according to the municipality. - (Oct. 17, 2008)