総務省元幹部ら１２人不起訴　菅前首相の長男も―「東北新社」接待問題・東京地検

　総務省幹部らが菅義偉前首相の長男正剛氏が勤める放送関連会社「東北新社」から繰り返し接待を受けた問題で、東京地検特捜部は２９日、市民団体から贈収賄容疑などで告発された当時の幹部や正剛氏ら計１２人について、不起訴処分（嫌疑不十分と嫌疑なし）とした。
　告発状は、総務審議官だった谷脇康彦氏ら同省幹部７人が２０１７年８月～２０年１０月、外資規制違反を黙認したり、番組許認可に便宜を図ったりする見返りに、東北新社前社長や同社統括部長だった正剛氏らから延べ８回、計約３０万円相当の接待を受けたなどとしていた。
　不起訴となった１２人には、菅前首相も含まれる。官房長官だった１８年１０月、当時情報流通行政局長の山田真貴子氏に外資規制違反を黙認するよう働き掛け、報酬として自身が代表を務める政党支部に寄付として元社長から現金５０万円を受け取ったとして告発されたが、嫌疑なしと判断された。（2022/03/29-19:09）

Public prosecutors on Tuesday decided not to indict 12 people, including former senior communications ministry officials, over a wining-and-dining scandal involving the first son of former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
   The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office concluded that there were insufficient or no grounds for charging them.
   The decision came after a civic group filed criminal complaints against the 12 people in April and June last year.
   The group claimed that seven then ministry officials were treated to dinners worth a total of some 300,000 yen between August 2017 and October 2020 by Suga's son, Seigo, who works for Tohokushinsha Film Corp. , as well as a former president of the company and others.
   The group argued that the dinners were aimed at receiving favorable treatment from the ministry, such as overlooking a violation of foreign ownership rules and giving broadcast permissions.