On the 8th, a civil society group said that "entertainment is suspected to be bribery" due to the problem that the general affairs deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was receiving entertainment from the presidents of NTT and others in violation of the ethical rules of national government employees. We submitted a complaint against the president and eight others to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
It was revealed that Mr. Taniwaki, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Mr. Jun Sawada, President of NTT, had received entertainment that violated the ethical rules of national civil servants. It was replaced.
According to the interim report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Taniwaki received entertainment of about 100,000 yen in total for three cases, and Indonesian Ambassador Kanasugi, who was a foreign affairs deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time, was also present at the dinner in July last year. That is.
In addition, Mr. Makiguchi received entertainment of about 40,000 yen in June last year, and former Cabinet Public Relations Secretary Yamada, who was a general affairs deputy at that time, was also present.
Citizens' groups filed a complaint with the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office on the 8th, saying that "entertainment is suspected to be bribery", including four people including Mr. Taniwaki and four people from NTT, including President Sawada. I submitted it.
Mr. Taniwaki was also disciplined for a salary reduction last month for receiving illegal entertainment from the eldest sons of Prime Minister Suga, who works for the satellite broadcasting affiliate Tohokushinsha.
Kaoru Iwata, co-representative of the civic group I met, said, "I think the entertainment was done with the expectation of convenience. I would like the prosecution to investigate it carefully."