The Digital Agency has taken disciplinary action to reduce salary, saying that the digital deputy director, who is the number two office worker, was receiving entertainment from a business operator that violated the ethical rules of national government employees last year when he was the general manager of innovation in the Cabinet Secretariat. Announced that it was done.
According to the Digital Agency, Mr. Koichi Akaishi, the No. 2 office worker, received three entertainments from non-stakeholder businesses from September to December last year, when he was the Chief of Innovation of the Cabinet Secretariat. In response, the business operator had to pay more than 120,000 yen for food and drink.
Digital Minister Hirai was also present as part of the entertainment.
The Digital Agency accused Mr. Akaishi of violating the ethical rules of national civil servants, which prohibits repeated entertainment beyond what is permitted by social conventions even if he is not a stakeholder. It was announced that it had been disciplined for one tenth of the salary reduction and one month on the date.
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister Hirai said, "I would like to have the necessary discussions at the Compliance Committee and try to prevent this from happening in the future. Mr. Akaishi is a talented person with experience and achievements in the digital field. So I want you to continue to fulfill your responsibilities. "