Policy to hurry to re-investigate the dinner tour between the executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga

On the 22nd, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications decided to report the results of the investigation so far to the Diet over the dinner between the executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga who works for a satellite broadcasting related company, and what was talked about at the dinner It is a policy to hurry to re-investigate.

On the 20th, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Akimoto, Director General of Information and Distribution Administration, and Deputy Director Yumoto, who have responded in the Diet, over a dinner between an executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga who works for a satellite broadcasting affiliate It has been transferred to the Minister's Office and is seen as a de facto replacement.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications started the investigation on the 3rd of this month, and in addition to Mr. Akimoto and Mr. Yumoto, four executives, Mr. Taniwaki and Mr. Yoshida, had a total of 12 dinners with the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga. It is revealed that he was doing.

Mr. Akimoto has said that he "does not remember" whether the broadcasting business under his jurisdiction was talked about at the dinner, but in response to the news of the audio data of the dinner, the broadcasting business was held at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives on the 19th. "When the news came out, I was surprised to look up at the sky. I hardly remembered that I was having such a conversation," he said. I did.

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 22nd, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will report the results of the investigation on the specific amount and burden of the dinner for the four executives, as well as Mr. Taniwaki and Mr. Yoshida, who have not answered in the Diet so far. The deputy general affairs officer will attend and explain.

In addition, after Minister Takeda expressed his intention to listen to the situation from the people concerned, saying that new doubts arose, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will report as much as possible what was talked about at each dinner. The policy is to hurry up the re-investigation, such as interviewing all the attendees again.