Fukui Prefecture officials received money and goods.

A former deputy mayor of Takahama Town, Fukui Prefecture, who gave money and goods to former executives of Kansai Electric Power Co., over 100 prefectural employees received money and goods. In response to the request for information disclosure, the decision to cancel the non-disclosure of the answer was shown.

Fukui Prefecture has compiled a survey report that 109 people, including prefectural employees and former executives, received money and goods on the issue that Kansai Electric Power's management executives received money and goods from the former deputy mayor of Takahama Town.

Regarding this, a citizen's group filed an information disclosure request with the Fukui District Court because the prefecture did not disclose the contents of the staff's answers to the survey and the names of related companies.

In response to this, the prefecture disclosed the related work histories of the employees, and claimed that if the contents of the answers were disclosed, there was a possibility that the target could be identified.

In the ruling on the 21st, presiding judge Eiji Uesugi of the Fukui District Court said, "In the Fukui Prefectural Government, which is trying to maintain the existence of the nuclear power plant, the former deputy mayor of Takahama Town is not only an executive of Kansai Electric Power Co., but also a prefectural executive. A prefectural investigation was conducted after suspicions that he had continued to give gifts of money and goods for many years.Since the information is of a nature related to the appropriateness of the performance of duties, it is not disclosed even if it is disadvantageous to a specific public official. It is justifiable to do so," and canceled the prefecture's decision to not disclose it.

Plaintiff ``Disclose the principle of the ordinance''

After the ruling, the plaintiff's civic group held a press conference and said, ``I would like the prefecture to disclose information without appealing, and to recall the principle of ``disclosure of the ordinance in principle.''

Governor of Fukui Prefecture ``I am deeply sorry and will consider future measures''

Regarding the ruling, Governor Sugimoto of Fukui Prefecture commented, "It is truly regrettable that the prefecture's claim was not recognized, and we will consider our future response after thoroughly examining the ruling." .