Kanden Electricity Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) instructions to report facts, etc.
Kansai Electric Power, the chairman and president of Kansai Electric Power received a total of 320 million yen from a former assistant in Takahama-cho, Fukui Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant is located. Based on this, the facts and causes were investigated and reported.
Kansai Electric Power held a press conference on the 27th. Among them, President Shigeki Iwane, 20 executives and employees, including Mr. Makoto Yagi, and a total of 320 million items including goods and money from former assistant Eiji Moriyama in Takahama-cho, Fukui Prefecture, where the Kansai Electric Power plant is located. Clarified that he received 10,000 yen equivalent.
Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd., an executive officer, visited the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the evening of the 27th and explained the history of the project to the Director of the Power and Gas Division of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. Furthermore, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry requested Kansai Electric Power to investigate and report facts and causes based on the law on the 27th.
The focus will be on the relationship between Kansai Electric Power and former assistants, and the unclear flow of funds. The former assistant died at the age of 90 in March, but for many years it was said that he was called “teacher” by Kansai Electric Power because he was deeply involved in attracting nuclear power and deeply related to the nuclear industry.
President Iwane also explained at the conference that he was unable to return his money because he was afraid of his relationship with his former assistant.
In addition, in the tax investigation of the National Tax Agency, Kansai Electric's executives received money from former assistants, but the amount paid by Kansai Electric Power to the local construction company for the nuclear power plant related work was recirculated. Attention is also drawn to whether executives were aware of this.
Kansai Electric Power will conduct an internal survey and report to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the 27th, based on the Electricity Business Law, based on the Electricity Business Law, as a result of investigating the facts and in-house cause investigation, whether there are other similar cases, and promptly in writing Asked to report.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will determine whether administrative measures are required based on the Electricity Business Law after reviewing the reported content.