A former official said Monday he has objected to a Tokyo Metropolitan Government report that found him and seven others responsible for a design change at a new central wholesale market in the capital.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced about a week ago that the eight former and current metropolitan government officials are responsible for the decision at an officials' meeting in August 2011 to forgo placing a thick layer of clean soil beneath main buildings at the market as an anti-contamination measure.
Makoto Miyanaga, a 63-year-old former official, told Kyodo News and other media Monday that he submitted a letter objecting to the allegation to the metropolitan government on Friday.