Japanese official demoted for viewing porn sites 780,000 times at office

A Japanese civil servant has been demoted for viewing pornographic websites more than 780,000 times during office hours over a nine-month period.

Kinokawa official Tomiko Waki says the man, an employee of the Kinokawa government in western Japan, visited porn sites from June last year to February 2008. He says that the man, whose name was withheld, accessed porn sites 170,000 times in July alone.

Despite his frequent porn viewing, none of his colleagues noticed his activities.

The man's superiors discovered his extensive porn site visits after his computer became infected with a virus, prompting officials to examine his web browser's history.

Along with the demotion, he received a $190 monthly pay cut.