Serious Japanese worker sues company president for shoving his face into boiling hotpot as a 'prank'

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Kimberly Foo
AsiaOne
Nov 22, 2018
A former employee at a Japanese entertainment company is suing its president after suffering serious burns when he was pushed face-first into a boiling pot of soup during a company event.
The incident took place in December 2015, but gained attention again after media reports of the criminal lawsuit surfaced this week. A video of the incident was also reposted on YouTube by the Daily Shincho. It is not clear why it took three years for the worker to take legal action.

According to Apple Daily, the victim, then 23 years old, had his face shoved into a boiling pot of soup by the 25-year-old president of the company during a year-end party. Rather than save him, other colleagues cheered and one man could even be seen continuing to cook ingredients in the same pot.

Unsatisfied with the reaction, the boss was quoted as saying, "There are clients here, make it fun," before forcefully shoving the victim's face into the soup a second time. This time, the force was so great that the pot fell off the stove.

A photo of the victim's face in the aftermath showed painful blisters and scarring. When interviewed by Weekly Shincho, the president of the company claimed that the incident was "just a prank".
The victim has claimed that he had been constantly bullied at the workplace and had suffered emotional and physical distress since this incident. The burns on his face reportedly took around a month to heal.


The video has since gone viral on YouTube as well as Chinese microblogging site Weibo, where it has amassed four million views at the time of writing. Furious netizens have condemned the act of bullying and expressed their support for the victim in bringing the perpetrator to justice.

The incident was also highlighted in a recent study by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare which showed that workplace 'power harassment' by superiors has increased in the last decade.

Speaking about the incident, the man expressed his anguish: "When I see a hotpot, it reminds me of that time and it is painful."
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[syed putra]

Japanese and koreans are the same. They treat their employees like shit. Especially if they do not perform.
If you are their contractors, beware of flying objects in their offices when they feel stressed or dissapointed.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Suddenly urine and cockroaches for breakfast sounds like a holiday

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN kt latha should have torn @ginfreely cb into pieces during the company excursion to sg flyers KNN

 

[ToaPehGong]

Some idiots should be banned from drinking. Seriously

 

[halsey02]

Some idiots should be banned from drinking. Seriously

The trouble is, nature is strange, Idiots like to drink.

 

[Semaj2357]

KNN kt latha should have torn @ginfreely cb into pieces during the company excursion to sg flyers KNN

knn, imh got sg flyer ah?

 

[eatshitndie]

hydrotherapy gone wrong.

 

[sweetiepie]

knn, imh got sg flyer ah?

KNN this type lo KNN

 

[rushifa666]

Bloody chinks. They forced workers tk eat cockroach and drknk urine. Now want to be superior?

 

[JohnTan]

It's just a harmless prank. Some people are so sensitive and can't take a job. How to be a team player like that?

 

[HongKanSeng]

Japan got may Yakusa mafia legalized into businesses but retain mafia style. And their businesses are covered up illegal operations faking legitimate businesses.

 

[goldenmonkey]

Is it even a prank?
Probably they are taking the fact he appears to be有点脸熟 too literally.

 

[ginfreely]

KNN kt latha should have torn @ginfreely cb into pieces during the company excursion to sg flyers KNN

No I should have done that to her right there in Spore flyer. Her ccb mouth deserved to be slapped and ccb torn to pieces indeed.

 

[ginfreely]

No I should have done that to her right there in Spore flyer. Her ccb mouth deserved to be slapped and ccb torn to pieces indeed.

Oh ya kt latha and LJ Mccully don’t bother asking me for forgiveness too, it’s impossible for me to forgive you all now that things have gone to this stage and both of you will die with sins of calling a virgin a slut. You kt latha will be reincarnated a SLUT WHORE in India to repay your ccb mouth ccb debt to me.

 

[glockman]

The Japs are whacky, most even have the tendency to be savages if given a chance.

 

[ginfreely]

The Japs are whacky, most even have the tendency to be savages if given a chance.

Ccb Malaysians Nazi dog calling others savages. Proven again ccb Malaysians are always accusing others what they are themselves be it slut mistress whore or savages.

 

[ginfreely]

Oh ya kt latha and LJ Mccully don’t bother asking me for forgiveness too, it’s impossible for me to forgive you all now that things have gone to this stage and both of you will die with sins of calling a virgin a slut. You kt latha will be reincarnated a SLUT WHORE in India to repay your ccb mouth ccb debt to me.

Of course not that they did or will ask me for forgivenesses either. There are many Ccb Malaysian Nazi dogs and sinkie traitor dogs that are unrepentant savages.

 

[ginfreely]

knn, imh got sg flyer ah?

Didn’t I say that even with the solid proof of their Nazi acts these ccb Malaysians Nazi dogs will still deny and accuse me mad to cover their assholes?

 

[hor_LEE_ber]

Didn’t I say that even with the solid proof of their Nazi acts these ccb Malaysians Nazi dogs will still deny and accuse me mad to cover their assholes?

Fucking CUNT @ginfreely must have her CCB Boiled in Steam Boat daily!

The soup became most HOR LEE BER!