Total of nearly 200 million yen Kyoto University Primate Research Institute fraudulent research expenses or December 6 21:41
There are suspicions that four professors involved in the primate research institute of Kyoto University who are investigating the ecology of monkeys and chimpanzees have illegally spent research funds or improperly processed accounting. I understood this through interviews with related parties. The university is investigating that the total amount is close to 200 million yen.
According to Kyoto University officials, four professors related to the Primate Research Institute, including Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University Institute of Advanced Studies, ordered fictional items for research facilities in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, There is a suspicion that the facility has neglected the necessary accounting, even though the chimpanzee cage was delivered in the next year it should be delivered.
Such illegal spending and inappropriate accounting are carried out 6 times over a period of several years from 2012, and the total amount is close to 200 million yen.
The fictitious order is for the delivery of chimpanzee cages, and it is assumed that there will be no private appropriation to cover the trader's deficit.
The professors explained to the university survey that it was “to continue the relationship with a business partner who had a long relationship”. Kyoto University has been receiving information from outside, and has set up a committee in September, and is conducting investigations, and will consider disposal in the future.
Special professor Matsuzawa worked on elucidating how human perceptions and behaviors evolved through chimpanzee research, and was chosen as a cultural achievement in 2013.