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The confusion over the appointment of six candidates to members of the Japanese Academy of Sciences. The new administration was exposed to headwinds as soon as the ship left because the appointment was postponed without revealing the reason, and public criticism is focused on Prime Minister-designate Yoshii Suga (71). Meanwhile, a surprising “backlog” was revealed that Prime Minister Kan was never able to make public.
“It is a violation of academic freedom.” “Is it useless to say something that is inconvenient for the government?”
On the other hand, Prime Minister Kan
“The Japan Academy of Sciences is a government agency and operates with an annual budget of about 1 billion yen, and the appointed members are in the position of civil servants. Although there is a system such as a recommendation committee for the selection of staff, the current situation Indeed, it is possible that the current members appoint their own successors. “
Explained. further away,
“I’ve been wondering if it’s okay to follow the precedent of naming the recommended person as is.”
He said the appointment mechanism was a problem and attacked it.
“It has nothing to do with academic freedom”
However, there is no convincing public opinion. The administration’s approval rating has been declining.
Prime Minister Kan decided to meet with Takaaki Kajita, president of the Japan Academy of Sciences, on October 16 to get rid of the situation, but he ended up on form. Prime Minister Kan, who was given an explanation of why he was not appointed and a request for immediate appointment, disagreed, and after the meeting
“As an institution that invests the national budget, it must be understood by the people.”
He posted the comment. He simply showed his thoughts on the review of how the conference should be. Opposition parties have also criticized it as “a replacement for the problem” and there is no sign that the headwind is abating.
Still, why not try to reveal the essential reason? Saru government officials
“I can not do it”
With a bitter look. However, when I asked him why, he was reluctant to say so.
In the middle of that …
“I was forced to do something strange about the Japan Academy of Sciences. A few months ago, internal affairs (Cabinet Information Research Office) gave instructions.”
A public safety officer said something like this. The Public Security Police and the Public Security Investigations Agency are said to have acted in response to the “instructions.”
So far, Prime Minister Kan has repeatedly said that he has forgotten the appointment of six people, “it has nothing to do with the attitude towards the bill that the government once introduced”, explaining that it does not depend on the ideas and beliefs of each scholar. .. However, it seems that it is actually different. Public safety officials will continue to disclose.
“Actually, there was an order to ‘launder the identities of academics who told the government they had problems with the laws related to collusion and security.’ It was like, ‘Why?’ But the order was a order”. I investigated and reported. “
In short, the conclusion of the refusal to name = purge came first, and for that reason, a top-secret instruction was issued to “find six Ara” from the official residence.
These “private” movements of internal tone were activated during the Abe administration.
Investigating the personalities of Tokyo Shimbun, Mochizuki Ikoko, who is critical of Secretary of State Suga, and Kihei Maekawa, a former Deputy Minister of Education, who made inappropriate comments to Prime Minister Abe, found numerous scandals and leaked them to the media. Is.
Mr. Maekawa, who revealed the existence of a document stating that there was “the intention of the Prime Minister” in establishing the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Kakei Gakuen, is said to be a hotbed of citations for help, etc. I found out that I was frequenting the so-called “dating bar” and I leaked to the Yomiuri Shimbun. The newspaper reported in May 2017.
Around the same time, it was revealed that Mochizuki was not only monitoring trends 24 hours a day, but also logging incoming and outgoing calls and intercepting emails, and leaking the results to media staff.
In June this year, an article was published in “Weekly Shincho” that “Mochizuki’s younger brother is cheating”, but there was a voice that said that this was also an internal problem. There is. In the article, the magazine was ironic in the following way.
Reporter from Mochizuki who called as a case reporter. The autobiographical book “Newspaper Reporter” was integrated into the original film and a conference was also prepared. It is an activity that no longer fits the framework of a journalist. What kind of reaction do you have when you have “bad behavior” in your family?> Another government official says. During the election of the XIX House of Councilors, the suspicions of the opposition candidates, including the relations of women and men, rose one after another from the internal tone, but even on this topic of the academic conference, it is also the case the target academics came out. There was a lot of information about problems related to the opposite sex and the lower half of the body. Some of the six were in court. I did a job to get in, although I refused the appointment, I tried not to complain about people, and I threatened “Is it academic freedom or in-laws who can say something big?” However, if things get this confusing, there could be more leaks. In other words, it is a movement to introduce victims of the opposite sex to weekly magazines and turn them into articles. “ However, even if such an article were published, would the public’s reaction be resolved? This government official “That point is also considering the official residence. That is why the relationship between the Academic Council of Japan and the Communist Party and China has started to leak.” Prime Minister Kan, who served as the leader of the Abe administration. It seems that he has taken care of the trick himself, but it seems that the instruction to the internal tone was given by the Prime Minister himself from that moment on. That may be the reason why I can’t explain the reason. Be on the lookout for what to do in the future. (Journalist / Tokito)
