Three members of the “Beef Tongue Club，” a group of close aides to the Hyogo Prefectural Governor， leave When confronted about the prefectural lawyer in charge， he said that the employee who committed suicide “does not need to be treated as a protected person”．．．
*Published on 8/2 (Fri) 19:46 Shueisha Online In May of this year, Hyogo Prefecture filed a written accusation against Governor Saito Motohiko and others against Mr. A (60), a former director of the Nishi-Harima Prefectural Government Bureau. When Hyogo Prefecture imposed disciplinary action against Mr. A, it was discovered that a lawyer who participated in the investigation determined that Mr. A’s accusation was “a document created based on rumors heard at a bar,” and told the prefecture that there was no need to protect him as a whistleblower. Meanwhile, three of the governor’s close aides have left their jobs, and the prefectural assembly investigative committee has been inundated with reports related to the allegations. With the decision also being made to testify against Governor Saito, the net is tightening. A asked for protection as a whistleblower, but… The prefectural government has been in chaos since late July. “Vice Governor Yasutaka Katayama resigned at the end of July. In addition, the prefecture’s number four director, Kobashi Koichi, requested a demotion due to poor health, and his request was granted. In addition, General Affairs Director Tomoaki Inomoto, who was expected to be the most powerful person after Katayama’s retirement, also stopped coming to work due to poor health. Both were from the governor’s close aides group known as the “Gang of Four” and the “Beef Tongue Club.” (Prefectural source) On the morning of August 2nd, the Prefectural Assembly Investigation Committee (Hyakujo Committee) was held to look into the seven suspicions written in A’s accusatory document. As a result, a survey was launched on July 31st targeting prefectural employees requesting information, and it was reported that over 3,500 responses were received in just two days. “There may be new allegations and the scope of the investigation will likely expand further,” said one prefectural assembly member. It is expected that the 100-Article Committee will certainly examine whether the prefecture’s disciplinary action against Mr. A was appropriate, and the existence of documents that could provide a clue to clarifying the matter has now been revealed. Before that, let’s look back at the whole incident. Continued below Three members of the “Beef Tongue Club,” a close aide to the Hyogo Prefectural Governor, have left the group. The prefectural lawyer was confronted with the following comment: “There is no need to treat the employee who committed suicide as a protected person,” and “The document was created based on rumors heard at a bar, etc.” (Shueisha Online.
Logically speaking, this should be protected as a whistleblower case. It’s crazy to conclude that something is “not credible” after an investigation by the person who made the accusation. It’s going to be a big problem that the prefecture took the initiative to crush the whistleblower.
He was called a genius as a child, graduated from Tokyo University with ease, and became a civil servant. I can imagine that he walks around with pride, but why is he so petty?
>>26 The more elite you are, the less likely you are to admit your failures Even the super elite Japanese military officers of the past would not admit failures and prioritized their own pride over the lives of Japanese soldiers One example is the air battle off the coast of Taiwan They announced that they had sunk 13 aircraft carriers, but in fact it turned out to be a complete mistake, but they didn’t correct it and just turned a blind eye They fought the decisive battle in the Philippines on the premise of this fantastical victory, and of course they were defeated badly, causing many soldiers to die in vain.
>When Hyogo Prefecture issued disciplinary action against A, the lawyer who participated in the investigation concluded that A’s accusation was “a document created based on rumors from a bar.” This is amazing.
Becoming a lawyer is incredibly difficult, and once you get your license there are no jobs, right? Of course we need to make it even more difficult and reduce the number of lawyers.
“They are a group of close aides to the governor known as the ’Beef Tongue Club’” (Prefectural source) When I first heard about it, I thought they were regulars at that kind of shady restaurant.
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