「桜」招待状、勧誘にフル活用　ジャパンライフ元店長が証言―野党追及本部

　マルチ商法を展開していた「ジャパンライフ」の元店長が１２日、主要野党が国会内で開いた首相主催「桜を見る会」追及本部会合に出席し、元会長宛ての招待状を使った資料が顧客勧誘に「フル活用」されていたと証言した。
　この資料には招待状の実物の写真が掲載され、安倍晋三首相から元会長に届いたと強調して記されている。元店長によると、資料は元会長と担当部署が綿密な打ち合わせをして作成。全国各地の店舗でのセミナーで使用されたという。（2019/12/12-15:16）

Failed multilevel marketing company Japan Life Co. made full use of a letter of invitation sent to its former chairman for a prime minister-hosted cherry blossom-viewing party to develop its sales network and attract customers, a former manager of a Japan Life branch said Thursday.
   A photo of the invitation letter was featured in company promotional materials, which touted the fact that the invitation came from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the former manager said at a meeting of opposition lawmakers on the controversial cherry blossom party.
   The former Japan Life chairman was closely involved in the making of the promotional materials, and they were used in the company's seminars across the country, the former branch manager also said.
   "Just by seeing the materials, many people said Japan Life seemed to be a trusted company," the former manager said, adding that the materials helped the firm win contracts.
   Abe has come under fire over the publicly funded annual cherry blossom party, which has been attended by many supporters of his, among celebrity and other guests. The prime minister has denied that he had a personal relationship with the former Japan Life chairman.