The eldest son of the Prime Minister and 11 staff members entertain and announce violations of the ethical rules Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced the results of a survey that a total of 11 employees were receiving entertainment that violated the Code of Ethics 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 affiliated company. Did.

Aside from this, Makiko Yamada, a Cabinet Public Relations Secretary, also announced that she received more than 70,000 yen per person for food and drink entertainment at one time when she was a general affairs deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has compiled and announced the results of a survey conducted from the beginning of this month over a dinner between four executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga who works for the satellite broadcasting affiliate "Tohokushinsha".

According to this, there are a total of 11 staff members, including 4 members, Mr. Taniwaki, Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Akimoto, former Director of Information and Distribution Administration, and Mr. Yumoto, and 7 members including Mr. Nara, Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Secretariat. , It means that he was receiving entertainment that violated the ethical code of the national government employee.

A total of 37 dinners were held for 11 people over the five years from 2016 to last year, totaling more than 526,000 yen. Former Director Akimoto had the highest number of cases, with 7 cases, and the highest cost of food and drink per person was 47,000 yen by Deputy Director General Taniwaki.

All 11 people explained to the investigation, "I didn't think Tohokushinsha was a stakeholder at the time of the dinner."

On the 24th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will submit a report to the National Personnel Authority's National Civil Service Ethics Review Board, and if the review board approves it, 11 people will be disciplined on that day.

In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that Makiko Yamada, a Cabinet Public Relations Secretary, was also a general affairs deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and from the eldest sons of Prime Minister Suga, entertaining food and drinks of about 74,000 yen per person at a time. I announced that I had received it.