It is said that the public interest incorporated foundation "I'm Japan = International Human Resources Development Organization", which is the largest accepting organization for foreign technical intern trainees in Japan, preferentially ordered goods etc. from a company run by an acquaintance of the former chairman. Due to the problem, not only the former chairman but also the current chairman had invested 500,000 yen in this branch company, according to the interview with the people concerned.
"At the time of the investment, I was a corporate lawyer for I'm Japan, and I don't think there would be a conflict of interest," the chairman explained to the interviewer.
The public interest incorporated foundation "I'm Japan" is about 600 million yen for a company run by an acquaintance of Mr. Kyoei Yanagisawa (77), a former chairman of the Ministry of Labor and an alumnus of the former Ministry of Labor. A survey by a third-party committee revealed that there was a suspicion that the company had prioritized the ordering of goods.
The former chairman temporarily invested 3.5 million yen in an acquaintance's company, and after that, he transferred the shares after being pointed out by an audit corporation that it was a "conflict of interest", but the current chairman and lawyer Hitoshi Kanamori (66) I also learned from interviews with related parties that he had invested 500,000 yen in this company.
At the time of the investment, Chairman Kanamori was a corporate lawyer for I'm Japan, and he became chairman in March last year, but he is still a shareholder.
The chairman acknowledged that he was a shareholder and said, "I was forced to invest by the former chairman, but at that time I was a corporate lawyer and I do not think that there is a conflict of interest. The transaction has been closed and we have not received any dividends. "