Regarding the issue that the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Mr. Taniwaki, was receiving entertainment from the president of NTT, Prime Minister Suga expressed at the House of Councilors Budget Committee that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications needs to conduct a thorough investigation. So, from the standpoint of shareholders, the government also expressed its intention to request NTT to take necessary measures such as compliance.
In this, Prime Minister Suga said, "In the investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, we are conducting interviews with NTT and confirming the facts with the cooperation of submitting materials. It is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation." I did.
Based on the fact that the government holds more than one-third of NTT's shares, he said, "I think we will seize opportunities such as general meetings of shareholders regarding governance and compliance, and ask the Ministry of Finance to take necessary measures." Said.
In addition, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Taniwaki wondered if the opposition party made NTT DoCoMo a wholly owned subsidiary last year at the dinner party, but "I don't think it came out" for all three dinner parties. Said.
He added, "Reducing mobile phone charges is a theory that we have been working on for about 10 years, and I think it was talked about at the two meetings in 2018."
On the other hand, when NTT issued a statement that the fair competitive environment might be hindered when making DoCoMo a wholly owned subsidiary, it was asked whether it had a dinner with other telecommunications carriers such as KDDI and Softbank. Mr. Taniwaki said, "I don't think I've had a dinner with the business operator who issued the opinion."