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Sagawa named on tape as behind Moritomo Gakuen document-tampering

National / Politics Oct 15, 2020

Sagawa named on tape as behind Moritomo Gakuen document-tampering

The former senior ministry official was named in a recording submitted as part of a suit by the widow of a local bureau staffer, whose suicide was linked to the scandal.

Trial over bureaucrat’s suicide in Moritomo Gakuen scandal starts

National / Crime & Legal Jul 15, 2020

Trial over bureaucrat’s suicide in Moritomo Gakuen scandal starts

Masako Akagi alleges her husband killed himself after being ordered to alter documents related to favoritism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Suicide note reignites Moritomo scandal that rocked Abe administration

National Mar 18, 2020

Suicide note reignites Moritomo scandal that rocked Abe administration

by Reiji Yoshida

The wife of a former Finance Ministry official who killed himself filed a lawsuit against the ministry and the former chief of its financial bureau, seeking damages of ¥110 million.

Osaka prosecutors close Moritomo Gakuen case after reconfirming no bureaucrats will be indicted over scandal

National / Crime & Legal Aug 10, 2019

Osaka prosecutors close Moritomo Gakuen case after reconfirming no bureaucrats will be indicted over scandal

The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office decided again on Friday not to indict former senior Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa and nine others over the Moritomo Gakuen cronyism scandal that hit the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The secondary decision, which cited insufficient evidence, ...

Japan auditors release Moritomo Gakuen report but fail to answer why land was sold so cheap

National Nov 22, 2018

Japan auditors release Moritomo Gakuen report but fail to answer why land was sold so cheap

The national accounting watchdog released a report Thursday on the murky sale of state land in 2016 involving a school operator close to the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but fell short of identifying why the land was sold at a heavily discounted ...

National / Politics Jun 3, 2018

Finance Ministry officials say Nobuhisa Sagawa ordered falsification of Moritomo papers: sources

Finance Ministry officials have testified that former senior official Nobuhisa Sagawa told them to falsify documents on its controversial sale of state land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, it has been learned. Sagawa, 60, apparently found problems in Moritomo-related documents with seals affixed to them ...

Former tax chief Nobuhisa Sagawa faces cut in retirement pay over Moritomo document-tampering

National / Politics Jun 1, 2018

Former tax chief Nobuhisa Sagawa faces cut in retirement pay over Moritomo document-tampering

Having eluded indictment, Nobuhisa Sagawa will probably receive a cut in retirement pay for falsifying the Moritomo Gakuen documents with his Finance Ministry subordinates.

National / Crime & Legal May 30, 2018

Professor files criminal complaint over Moritomo document disposal, saying lack of charges would embolden cover-ups

A university professor filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors Wednesday against a former high-ranking bureaucrat and other officials, accusing them of improperly disposing of public documents pertaining to a shady state land sale linked to the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The complaint by ...

Japan's Finance Ministry mulls punishments for Sagawa, other civil servants in Moritomo document-tampering scandal

National / Politics May 20, 2018

Japan's Finance Ministry mulls punishments for Sagawa, other civil servants in Moritomo document-tampering scandal

The Finance Ministry is preparing to punish several former and current civil servants over the document falsification in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal.

Nobuhisa Sagawa, key figure in Moritomo scandal, won't face indictment: sources

National May 18, 2018

Nobuhisa Sagawa, key figure in Moritomo scandal, won't face indictment: sources

Prosecutors have decided not to indict Sagawa and other government officials suspected of falsifying documents related to a discounted sale of state land.

Prosecutors question key ex-Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa over document tampering

National / Crime & Legal Apr 24, 2018

Prosecutors question key ex-Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa over document tampering

Public prosecutors have questioned former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Nobuhisa Sagawa on a voluntary basis over the ministry's falsification of documents related to the controversial discount sale of state land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, informed sources said Monday. The special investigation squad of the Osaka ...

National / Politics Apr 1, 2018

Scandal-hit Cabinet's support rate rebounds to 42.4% in latest poll

The public support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe climbed 3.7 points to 42.4 percent in a weekend opinion poll despite a document-tampering scandal at the Finance Ministry that has rocked his government in recent weeks. In the meantime, 47.5 percent of ...

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