The government will soon disclose the so-called "Akagi file" left at work by Mr. Toshio Akagi, an employee of the Kinki Local Finance Bureau who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of the approval document of the Ministry of Finance.
It seems that the file contains e-mails from the Ministry of Finance's headquarters instructing falsification, and it will be interesting to see if the specific instructions and the reason for falsification will be clarified.
Mr. Masako Akagi, a Kinki Local Finance Bureau employee who committed suicide after being involved in the falsification of the approval document regarding Moritomo Gakuen (54 at the time), summarized the details of the falsification and left it at the workplace. Has requested disclosure in a trial that sued the country.
The country did not initially disclose whether the file existed, but said it would submit it by the 23rd after the Osaka District Court urged it to be disclosed.
The country says that the file contains emails sent from the Ministry of Finance Headquarters to the Kinki Local Finance Bureau.
On the other hand, the investigation report on the falsification problem released by the Ministry of Finance three years ago states that the staff of the Finance Bureau strongly opposed the falsification instructions from the Ministry, but between the Ministry and the Finance Bureau. It is not clear what kind of exchange was made.
It will be interesting to see how the disclosure of this file will explain to Mr. Akagi and other staff members of the Finance Bureau who resisted the reason for the falsification by the Ministry, and will clarify the specific instructions on how to make them obey.