Former high school prosecutor-in-chief agrees with the first casino management chairman at both Houses of Representatives November 29, 16:41

Personnel case involving the appointment of Mr. Michio Kitamura, former prosecutor of the Fukuoka High Public Prosecutor's Office, as the first chairman of the “Casino Management Committee”, which is responsible for the screening of operators of integrated resort facilities, including casinos. It was agreed with the majority at the plenary sessions of both houses.

At the plenary session of the House of Representatives and Houses of Representatives held on the 29th, 12 organizations and 32 people who needed the consent of the Diet presented by the government were voted.

Among them, Michio Kitamura, former prosecutor of the Fukuoka High Prosecutor's Office, will be appointed as the first chairman of the “Casino Management Committee” to be launched on January 7 next year in order to examine the companies that have applied for casino operations. The HR case was agreed by many in favor of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komei Party and the Japan Restoration Association.

Mr. Kitamura is 67 years old. After becoming a prosecutor in 1977, serving as the prosecutor of the Sendai High Prosecutor's Office and the Fukuoka High Prosecutor's Office, he served as a defense inspector for the Ministry of Defense from 2015 to last year, and daily reports of PKO units dispatched to South Sudan. I was in charge of overseeing the problem.

In addition, the approval of the personnel matters of the three members of NHK's management committee was agreed.