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Simon Denyer Resigns Amid Misconduct Claims

Simon Denyer has resigned as the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post amid allegations of sexual misconduct from Felicia Sonmez, which he denies. Denyer claims his departure was planned after a three-year posting and is motivated by family reasons and a new job opportunity. His responsibilities will be taken over by Michele Ye Hee Lee as he and his family return to England for his daughter's university education.

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Simon Denyer Resigns Amid Misconduct Claims

Simon Denyer has resigned as the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post amid allegations of sexual misconduct from Felicia Sonmez, which he denies. Denyer claims his departure was planned after a three-year posting and is motivated by family reasons and a new job opportunity. His responsibilities will be taken over by Michele Ye Hee Lee as he and his family return to England for his daughter's university education.

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Simon Denyer Quits Washington Post after Accusations of Sexual

Misconduct
Simon Denyer has been The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief for the past eleven years. According
to a memo from the Paper, he has decided to quit his career at the Washington Post. Simon Denyer says
that his departure from the bureau was planned at the end of a three-year posting. He also claims that
the Washington post extended his time to cover the Tokyo Olympics for two months.

Simon Denyer is a world-known author and journalist with more experience as CEO for Reuters and
Washington Post and as a foreign correspondent. Before moving to Tokyo, Simon Denyer served as the
chief from 2011 to 2013 in New Delhi and from 2013 to 2018 in Beijing, marking an eventful 11-year run.
He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory Journalism on climate change for the
2C project. Simon won two national Headlines Awards as a reporter on Japan and Tibet's whaling
industry and shared the Overseas Press Club award for wrapping censorship and surveillance system for
China. For the last 18 months, he has been chronicling the impacts of coronavirus on japan and the
Tokyo Olympics.

Simon Denyer is alleged of sexual assault by a person reported to be Felicia Sonmez. According to an
article by Andrew Beaujon/Washington, Sonmez faced sexual harassment by receiving unsolicited
photos from Simon. However, Simon denied the allegations by saying he never sent improper or
suggestive photographs to anyone. He strongly suggests that he is leaving The Post to take up a new job
and for family reasons.

Neither the Washington post nor Sonmez attorney has commented on the request about whether
Simon Denyer's departure is attributed to the allegations. The memo says that the Simon’s
responsibilities in the bereau are given to Michele Ye Hee Lee. Simon and his family move back to
England, his native nation, where his daughter is starting his university education.

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