The Hyogo Prefecture Governor said that he “ate the crabs as a gift personally， but received them solely from the prefecture” and did not recognize the problem．

On the 22nd, Hyogo Prefecture Governor Motohiko Saito stated in response to the recent series of allegations made in a staff survey conducted by the Prefectural Assembly’s Article 100 Committee about the receipt of gifts such as crabs, “These were simply gifts received by the prefecture,” indicating that he does not see any problem. He answered questions from reporters while on a business trip in Tottori Prefecture. Regarding gifts, he said that since his time as the previous governor, he had received them within the bounds of social acceptability, and added, “As for gifts, I have personally eaten them, but they were always received by the prefecture.” The survey was conducted from July 31st to August 14th in response to an internal whistleblower alleging that Governor Saito had engaged in power harassment. In an interim report compiled from responses (from 4,568 people) by 9:00 a.m. on the 5th, 20.7% (946 people) said they had heard or seen the allegations that Governor Saito had received gifts. Yomiuri Shimbun.

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