At the intensive deliberation of the House of Councilors Budget Committee, NTT and the president of "Tohokushinsha" attended and asked questions about entertainment issues such as executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
The two presidents apologized for a series of entertainment issues.
NTT President Jun Sawada and Tohokushinsha President Shinya Nakajima attended the intensive deliberation as witnesses.
Mr. Satoshi Oie of the Liberal Democratic Party clarified the facts and purpose of entertaining NTT executives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
In response, President Sawada apologized, "We sincerely apologize for the great inconvenience and concern."
He explained that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications had twice had dinners with executives in the past, twice in the fall of 2018 and once in June last year, for a total of three times.
He also said, "I have to apologize for the lack of awareness. I have never made any business requests or received any convenience." It was.
"Such a dinner is not normal," he said.
On the other hand, regarding whether he has had a dinner with Prime Minister Suga, he said, "I think that disclosing who I had dinner with individually will affect the business, so I would like to refrain from doing so." I did.
In addition, President Nakajima of Tohokushinsha apologized, "We deeply apologize for the great concern and inconvenience."
In addition, at the stage of application, we recognized that it was illegal to apply for a satellite broadcasting business by making an application that was different from the fact, even though we were in a state of violating the foreign capital regulation of the Broadcasting Law four years ago. I explained that it wasn't.
On the other hand, at the stage of August four years ago, he said that he noticed that the person in charge might have violated, "I received a report that I had an interview with the department in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and reported it." It was.
Secretary-general Fukuyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party commented on the eldest son of Prime Minister Suga, who works for Tohokushinsha. Did you have your eldest son present at the dinner? "
In response, President Nakajima said, "Although he is an excellent young man, he received a report that he was requested by a former officer who attended the dinner instead of being invited to the dinner because of the entertainment staff with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. I don't think the eldest son played a certain role in. "
On the other hand, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takeda said, "Although the mistake of Tohokushinsha was the main cause, the examination by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was not sufficient. We would like to consider strengthening the examination system. Third parties including experienced prosecutors We plan to set up a verification committee this week. "