Expert who submitted Chinese company logo to Cabinet Office meeting materials resigns as committee member. Mika Obayashi, the business director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, who had submitted materials at the meeting, held a press conference.

He then explained that it was a simple mistake of forgetting to remove the logo when submitting the documents, and resigned as a member of the council as he wanted to take responsibility for causing concern and anxiety about the policy-making process. Revealed that a document submitted by an expert member. of the Cabinet Office's renewable energy conference contained the logo of a Chinese state-owned company.