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The suspicion that the eldest son of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has been serving an executive of the Ministry of the Interior and Communications is revealed to be true.
Another bad news broke out in Suga’s cabinet, which was shaken by the issue of evening dinners for passport staff during emergencies issued in the controversy over the insolvency of the new coronavirus (Corona 19).
Earlier, the Japanese weekly magazine Shukanbun-shun reported that Mr. Seigo, Prime Minister Suga’s eldest son, had received General Affairs Deliberation Officer Yasuhiro Tanawaki, Mabito Yoshida General Affairs Officer (international officer), Yoshinori Akimoto, head of the information distribution administration, and four of his men. In 2006, when Prime Minister Suga was appointed secretary general in Abe’s first cabinet, Mr. Seiko was appointed secretary for general affairs for approximately 9 months. In 2008, he joined the Tohoku Shrine and is currently the head of hobbies and entertainment in the media division. On call Tohoku Shinsha has satellite broadcast channels, such as Star Channels, Go and Janggi channels, and these channels are operated under license from the Ministry of the Interior and Communications.
Shukanbun-shun reported that Prime Minister Suga’s eldest son, who works for a satellite transmission company, suspects that he violates the National Law on Ethics for Public Officials by harboring a licensed executive from the Ministry of the Interior and Communications . Director Akimoto, one of the executives at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications who raised suspicions of hospitality, admitted that he had a dinner with Prime Minister Suga’s eldest son at the House Budget Committee on the 4th, Kyodo News reported. Director Akimoto, who is involved in the licensing of satellite transmission, explained that after acknowledging that he was provided with dinner and transportation expenses at that time, he returned the money after learning that an official from a related company had participated. with the jurisdiction. He did not respond because he was investigating whether it corresponds to ‘stakeholder’ entertainment that is prohibited by the ethical standards of state officials.
Shukanbun-shun reported the details of the incident through the last magazine published that day and posted photos at the time of reception. It was a photograph of Prime Minister Suga’s eldest son giving a gift and a taxi ticket to General Affairs Officer Yoshida. Prime Minister Suga’s eldest son is said to have attended each of the four entertainments from October to December last year, and the assistant ministry officials changed. On October 7, the entertainment was held at a high-end restaurant in Tokyo that cost more than 40,000 yen (about 425,000 won) per person. From the moment he joined Tohoku Shinsha, Seiko has worked as an accountant for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in relation to the star channels specialized in films, Shukanbun-shun said.
Star Channel received approval for the BS (satellite) digital broadcast forwarding service from the Ministry of the Interior and Communications in December 2005, when Prime Minister Suga was the Vice President of the Ministry of the Interior. Subsequently, the Ministry of the Interior and Communications approved the Go and Shogi channels operated by Tohoku Shinsha related to the basic satellite transmission business in 2012, and in 2017 approved Tohoku Shinsha Media Service, a subsidiary of Tohoku Shinsha related to 4K transmission high definition, as a basic satellite broadcasting business. Tohoku Shinsha’s broadcasting business has grown dramatically with the approval of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Shukanbunshun said.
Takashi Nishio, a special professor at the International Christian University, who is familiar with the National Public Officials Ethics Law, said: “If a public official has a dinner with a stakeholder and eats it, the prohibited acts specified in Article 3 , Paragraph 6 of the Ethics Regulations for National Public Officials based on the Law of Ethics for Public Officials of the Nation. It corresponds to ‘receiving entertainment and hospitality,’ “he stated.
Prime Minister Suga announced that he called the eldest son to the House Budget Committee that day and said, “If the investigation begins, please cooperate.” He also said: “I want the Ministry of the Interior and Communications to verify the facts and respond according to the rules so that the public has no doubts.
/ Reporter Kim Yeon-ha [email protected]
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