Regarding the fact that two executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications were having dinner with the presidents of NTT, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will summarize an interim report that the entertainment violated the ethical rules of national civil servants and will show it to the Diet on the 7th.
Of these, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Taniwaki has already been disciplined for entertainment issues from satellite broadcasting companies, so there is a widespread view within the government that it is difficult to stay in his current position.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is conducting an investigation after it was revealed that Mr. Taniwaki, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Mr. Makiguchi, Director of the International Strategy Bureau, were having dinner with the president of NTT, etc. I will show the interim report at.
Among them, the three dinners reported by Shukan Bunshun, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the dinners that Director Makiguchi attended with Yamada and the former Cabinet Public Relations Secretary were all entertaining that violated the ethical rules of national civil servants. We conclude and clarify similar entertainment that was newly confirmed in the survey.
The two explained that they "paid the amount presented by NTT", but it was confirmed that the price of the dinner per person was significantly higher than the burden, so it was judged to be illegal entertainment. That is.
Since the investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is still ongoing, it is expected that the disposition to the two will not be decided immediately, but Mr. Taniwaki has already been disciplined for entertainment problems from satellite broadcasting related companies. Therefore, there is a widespread view within the government that it is difficult to stay in the current position.