The Cabinet gave the green light Friday for the Diet to receive Finance Ministry documents relating to ministry inspections of four banks that are named in a bribery scandal involving ministry banking inspectors.
The reports, regarding the ministry’s three most recent inspections of Asahi Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Sanwa Bank and Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, are ready to be brought before the Lower House Finance Committee on Tuesday.
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