“Akagi File” to be submitted at the June trial, which the country recognizes for the first time

On the 6th, the government admitted for the first time the existence of a file left at work by a male employee of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau who committed suicide due to the issue of falsification of the approval document of the Ministry of Finance, and the man's wife woke up on the 23rd of next month. It was revealed that it would be submitted at the trial.

The so-called "Akagi File" is said to have been left in the workplace by Toshio Akagi (54 at the time), a Kinki Local Finance Bureau employee who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of the approval document regarding Moritomo Gakuen. Asked for disclosure in a trial in which he sued the country.

The country has not previously disclosed whether the file exists as "not necessary in court".

However, in March, the Osaka District Court urged the disclosure, and the government changed the response so far, and on the evening of the 6th, after admitting that the file existed on Masako's side for the first time, next month 23 I told him in writing that I would submit it to the court on the day.

According to the national document, the Akagi file contains documents that summarize the falsification process in chronological order, as well as emails and attachments exchanged between the Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance and the Kinki Local Finance Bureau.

The government says that some of the documents in the file, such as personal information that is not related to the trial, will be blacked out before disclosure.

With the decision to disclose the file left by Mr. Akagi, it will be interesting to see if new facts about the reason and background of the falsification will be revealed in the future.

Akagi's wife "Reveal everything left by her husband"

Regarding the fact that the country first acknowledged the existence of the file left by Mr. Toshio Akagi and announced the policy to submit it to the court, his wife Masako said, "I think that just knowing that there is a file is a big step. I want you to reveal everything your husband left behind, without masking the content at all. "

Secretary-general Fukuyama "Promptly submit to the Diet"

Fukuyama, the secretary-general of the Constitutional Democratic Party, criticized reporters, saying, "Even though the opposition party has asked to clarify its existence in the Diet, it has not been revealed so far. What are you saying now?" did.

He added, "If new facts come out, we must concentrate on clarifying this issue in the Diet. I would like to request that it be submitted to the Diet promptly."

Constitutional Democratic Party Chairman "We should have disclosed the materials from the beginning."

The Constitutional Democratic Party's chairman of the National Assembly, Azumi, told reporters, "We should have disclosed the materials from the beginning. It is embarrassing for the Ministry of Finance to be forced into a situation where we had to issue them during the trial. If new facts come out, the opposition party wants to do everything it can in the Diet. "

Communist Shii Chairman "Responsibility to the Government to Reveal the Truth"

At a press conference, the Communist Party chairman, Kazuo Shii, said, "I take it that I can no longer hide the existence of the file, and I would like to request full disclosure. It is a very serious problem that has driven civil servants to'self-death', and the government Has a responsibility to reveal the truth and needs to find out the truth in the Diet. "