By the 28th, the Cabinet Office and the Cabinet Secretariat responded to a request for information disclosure made by six researchers who were not appointed by Prime Minister Suga as members of the Science Council of Japan to clarify the reason for refusing the appointment. It turns out that we have made a decision not to disclose either.
In April, six people, including Professor Masanori Okada of Waseda University, who were not appointed as members of the Science Council of Japan, took the procedure of "request for self-information disclosure" to request personal information held by government agencies, and the Cabinet We requested the prefectural government and the Cabinet Secretariat to disclose a document that explains the reason and circumstances of the refusal of appointment.
According to Professor Okada, it was decided not to disclose any of the six requests for disclosure by the 28th.
Of these, the Cabinet Office has decided to refuse the request without clarifying whether the relevant document exists, saying that it may hinder the securing of fair and smooth personnel.
In addition, none of the requests for disclosure to the Cabinet Secretariat, such as the Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, were disclosed because "we do not have the requested personal information."
Regarding this decision, Professor Okada said, "The reason for non-disclosure given by the Cabinet Office is not a reason to hide information from the person who was not appointed. In addition, the target information and documents in the Cabinet Secretariat It is doubtful that the official document management should be the reason why the decision was made that the exchange was certain but nonexistent, and the reason should be explained. I would like to discuss future measures with the other five people. " ..