Special treatment only for Tohokushinsha Reason is “I don’t know”. Suspicion that it will not disappear even if the executive of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications has: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web



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The eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.MasatakeSeigoRegarding the issue of entertainment to the executives of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications by the broadcasting company “Tohokushinsha” where he works, the investigation report released by the ministry on the 24th said that “(the other party) was not recognized as an interested party “It was summed up confirming the unnatural explanation. Although the provision has been decided, the suspicion that Mr. Masatake may have accepted the entertainment and that it may have affected the licensing of the subsidiary that handles the satellite transmission remains unresolved. (Shunsuke Inoue, Kazuki Murakami)

◆ Is it true that you “did not know the stakeholders”?

The survey report first noted that many executives were receiving entertainment because “they easily determined that Tohokushinsha was not a stakeholder based on an interpretation that suited them.”

The satellite transmission is carried out by three companies, including Tohokushinsha subsidiaries “Go Shogi Channel” and “Star Channel”, and has been certified by the Ministry of the Interior and Communications. Executives say Tohokushinsha itself was not a stakeholder. He explained to the survey that “Tohokushinsha’s title was only mentioned in the dinner invitation” and “it was not recognized that he was the president of a subsidiary.”

In fact, the entertainment participants on the Tohokushinsha side, including Mr. Masatake, also serve as positions of the subsidiaries, and in the report, they were identified as “stakeholders”, including the Tohokushinsha. The executives are “broadcasting professionals” who are in charge of the industry, and the opposition party opposes “I can’t believe I didn’t know (at the same time)” (Democratic Constitutional Party, Soichiro Okuno). Mr. Shingo Muto, secretary general of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications, who was in charge of the investigation, also points out that “you have to be aware of this, and if you really didn’t do it, it would be a problem.” for your work. ”

◆ The basis is “the parties say so”

As to the reason why the entertainment was normal, the report concluded that “the fact that the existence of Mr. Masatake had an effect could not be confirmed”.

However, executives admitted in the survey that they had a special relationship only with Tohokushinsha, saying “it was not the same as other stations.” Ryota Takeda, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, explained at a press conference on the 24th: “I honestly do not know the direct cause (of normalization).” There is no material that can be said that there was no “sentaku for the prime minister” simply because “all parties say this is not the case” on the basis that Mr. Masatake was determined to have no influence.

◆ “Atmosphere you want to close the curtain”

The main focus is whether the entertainment offensive has affected satellite broadcast licenses. In the Diet, it was noted that only one subsidiary received the broadcast certification for programs that do not support high definition in 2018, and the entertainment was concentrated just before December last year when the business certification was renewed, but the Ministry of the Interior and Communications has this time. He did not mention the issue of the license in the report, saying that the purpose was to confirm the presence or absence of entertainment and money provided based on the Code of Ethics of the National Civil Service. He simply established a verification committee within the ministry and declared that he would “verify more.”

Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a Ritsumin who received a report on the board of directors of the House Budget Committee, criticized: “I am getting rid of it while saying that I will check the first approach in the future. I cannot accept it.” “There is an air of wanting to close the curtain, but it’s okay,” he emphasized.

Extensive training and the establishment of original rules to strictly control dinners were listed as measures to prevent recurrence in the report, but the public is unlikely to be satisfied. Takeda promised that it would “respond to the suspicion that the administration was not distorted” regarding the verification committee.


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