THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 26, 2021 at 18:43 JST
The headquarters of Tohokushinsha Film Corp. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A company at the center of a wining and dining scandal announced on Feb. 26 that its president is resigning, and the eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, an employee, is being disciplined.
Kiyotaka Ninomiya, president of Tohokushinsha Film Corp., who attended some of the dinners with senior telecommunications ministry officials, will be succeeded by a vice president.
“We deeply regret for having seriously undermined public confidence (in our company),” Ninomiya said in a statement. “We keenly feel our management responsibility.”
The Tokyo-based company, which operates a satellite broadcasting business, said the directors and executive officers who played leading roles in organizing wining and dining sessions will be dismissed or will step down from their posts.
A number of senior telecommunications ministry bureaucrats were treated to lavish meals by officials of the company, which is under the ministry’s jurisdiction.
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