ＮＴＴ、総務省接待で調査委　委員長に榊原経団連前会長

　ＮＴＴは９日、総務省幹部への接待問題で、事実関係の解明と原因究明を図るため、特別調査委員会を設置したと発表した。委員長には独立社外取締役の榊原定征経団連前会長が就任、外部の弁護士らを加えた４人で構成する。
　委員はほかに、いずれも弁護士の飯田隆ＮＴＴ独立社外監査役、伊藤鉄男元最高検次長検事、井上宏元福岡高検検事長。ＮＴＴグループの経営陣と監督官庁となる同省の幹部の会食が他にもなかったかなどを調査し、今後の対応策も提言する。
　ＮＴＴは調査報告を受け速やかに内容を開示し、「必要な対応を行っていく」としている。（2021/03/09-22:24）

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Tuesday that it has set up a panel to investigate a scandal in which executives of the company wined and dined senior officials of the Japanese communications ministry.
   The four-member panel is headed by Sadayuki Sakakibara, former chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), the country's biggest business lobby, and currently independent outside director of NTT.
   The other three members are lawyers--Takashi Iida, NTT's independent outside auditor, Tetsuo Ito, former deputy head of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, and Hiroshi Inoue, former head of the Fukuoka High Public Prosecutors Office.
   NTT said that after receiving the panel's report, the company will disclose it promptly and take necessary measures.
   It has been revealed that NTT group executives, such as NTT President Jun Sawada, have dined with high-ranking communications ministry officials, including Yasuhiko Taniwaki, former vice minister for policy coordination, four times in and after 2018. The ministry has removed Taniwaki from the post and plans to investigate whether other officials have been wined and dined by the NTT side.