総務省幹部、菅首相長男と数回会食　タクシー券・贈答品も―衆院予算委

　総務省の原邦彰官房長は１２日の衆院予算委員会で、同省の幹部４人が２０１６年以降にそれぞれ２～４回程度、菅義偉首相の長男と会食していたことを明らかにした。立憲民主党の森山浩行氏への答弁。
　原氏によると、幹部４人は問題となった昨年１０～１２月の会食で、いずれもタクシーチケットと贈答品を受け取ったという。会食の費用などは精査中と説明した。
　武田良太総務相は「総力を挙げて調査に入っている。早く、正確な情報を上げるように指示している」と強調した。（2021/02/12-12:27）

Four senior officials of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry have dined with the first son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga about two to four times since 2016, the ministry said Friday.
   Kuniaki Hara, director-general of the minister's Secretariat, disclosed the information at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, responding to a question from Hiroyuki Moriyama of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
   Hara also said the officials received taxi tickets and gifts when they had dinner with Suga's son between October and December last year.
   The ministry is investigating how much the dinners cost and other details, Hara said.
   Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Ryota Takeda said he has instructed ministry staff to give him correct information promptly.