Citizens' groups said on the 16th that the acting secretary-general Seiko Noda of the Liberal Democratic Party and Sanae Takaichi, the former chairman of the political investigation, had dinner with the presidents of NTT when he was in office as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. A total of 22 indictments, including the former ministers, have been submitted to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
Acting Secretary-General Noda of the Liberal Democratic Party and former political research chairman Takaichi, who were reported to have had dinner with NTT President Jun Sawada and others when he was in office as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, acknowledged the fact of the dinner and said, "I have not received entertainment." He explained that he refunded the portion of the dinner expenses borne by NTT.
Regarding this, civic groups said on the 16th that "dining is prohibited by ministerial norms and there is a suspicion of bribery," said Mr. Noda, Mr. Takaichi, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which was reported to have a dinner with NTT. We submitted a total of 22 indictments to the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office, including 15 people with experience in roles and 7 people from NTT, including President Sawada.
Kaoru Iwata, co-President of the civic group I met, said, "I must be careful about receiving entertainment from interested companies, but the minister goes to the place of eating and drinking. I put a scalpel properly in the prosecution. I want you to do it. "
Regarding the entertainment issue of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, former General Affairs Deputy Director Taniwaki, who resigned after being suspended for three months on the 16th for receiving illegal entertainment from NTT, and Makiguchi International Strategy, which was disciplined for salary reduction. The directors have also been charged with criminal charges by the same civil society.