The expert who submitted the material for a Cabinet Office meeting on renewable energy that contained the logo of a Chinese state-owned company wants to take responsibility for causing concern and anxiety about the policy decision-making process. As such, he resigned as a member of the council.
This month, it was revealed that a document submitted by an expert member of the Cabinet Office's renewable energy conference contained the logo of a Chinese state-owned company, leading opposition parties and others to argue that Japan's energy policy was being distorted by the influence of other countries. It has been pointed out that there is a possibility that this is being done.
In response to this, on the 27th, Mika Obayashi, the business director of the Renewable Energy Foundation, who had submitted materials at the meeting, held a press conference.
Obayashi said that other researchers also quote the materials, but he explained, ``It has nothing to do with being influenced by other countries or distorting the country's energy policy and is a misunderstanding.'' Did.
He then explained that it was a simple mistake of forgetting to remove the logo when submitting the documents, and resigned as a member of the council as he wanted to take responsibility for causing concern and anxiety about the policy-making process. revealed.