A former governor in Japan accused of sexual harassment allegedly sent more than 1,000 inappropriate text messages to staff, according to an investigation seen by AFP on Wednesday.Tatsuji Sugimoto, 63, resigned last month, part way into his second term as governor of Fukui prefecture in central Japan after allegations of serial sexual harassment emerged from a whistleblower system.In emails with some 6,000 officials and face-to-face interviews with 14 of them, lawyers found that “the number of text messages that corroborate sexual harassment is more than 1,000,” the report said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.They included messages like “I won’t say anything about a physical relationship” and “Do you like sexual things?,” the report added.There were also several cases of alleged physical contact such as touching a thigh or buttocks, it said, although Sugimoto denied this to the lawyers.“It appears that Mr. Sugimoto engaged in so-called