Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officers disciplined for entertainment… Suga regime strike inevitable

[아시아경제 나주석 기자] Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was hit again as executives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries were also disciplined in connection with receiving hospitality from businesses.

According to NHK Broadcasting in Japan on the 25th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries punished three executives, including Vice Secretary Masaaki Edamoto. The problem was that they received hospitality from a large poultry company, Akita Food. In addition to those from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, three executives were advised. All of them were criticized for violating the code of ethics for state officials that prohibited entertainment from stakeholders.

This controversy is inevitable because the excommunication of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications with broadcasting license rights received hospitality from broadcasting company Tohoku Shinsha. In particular, Tohoku Shinsha, which hosted officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, was where Suga’s eldest son Seigo was in office.

In addition, former House of Representatives Yoshikawa Takamori, who is known to be close to Prime Minister Suga, was also recently prosecuted for bribery while serving as a minister of agriculture and fisheries. The company that provided the bribe was also’Akita Food’.

Reporter Juseok Na [email protected]