In a report on Toshiba's general meeting of shareholders last year, it was pointed out that the chief of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry could violate the confidentiality obligation of the National Civil Service Law, saying that he had given Toshiba information on the so-called "shareholders who say things". Regarding this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama expressed the idea that the information is not confidential and does not violate the obligation of confidentiality.
According to a report by an outside lawyer appointed as a shareholder of Toshiba, a national civil servant said that the chief of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry had given Toshiba a document addressed to other shareholders by a so-called "shareholder who says things" investment fund. It points out that it may violate the confidentiality obligation of the law.
Regarding this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kajiyama said at a meeting after the Cabinet meeting on the 18th that the document was widely distributed to many shareholders and investors, and was provided by the investment fund side, and the content was also given to Toshiba. "The document is not confidential and does not violate the confidentiality obligation of the National Civil Service Law or leak information," he said.
In addition, in response to the report that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry pointed out that it had virtually requested the counselors at that time to have an unreasonable influence on the exercise of voting rights of foreign investors, "There is no fact that we requested negotiations. The counselors at that time also said that they responded because they were asked for advice from overseas investors. "