黒川氏の退職金５９００万円　自己都合退職で減額

　森雅子法相は２６日の衆院法務委員会で、緊急事態宣言発令中の賭けマージャンが発覚し、辞職した黒川弘務前東京高検検事長の退職金について、勤務年数や役職などを勘案した「一般論」として約５９００万円になると明らかにした。また、「自己都合退職」となるため定年退職の場合より約８００万円減額されていると説明した。野党共同会派の階猛氏らへの答弁。
　黒川氏の退職金をめぐり安倍晋三首相は２５日の記者会見で「訓告処分に従って減額されている」と発言した。これに関して森氏は「（訓告の場合は）処分自体で支給額は影響を受けない」と答弁し、食い違いを見せた。（2020/05/26-12:19）

Scandal-tainted former top Tokyo prosecutor Hiromu Kurokawa is likely to receive about 59 million yen, or some 540,000 dollars, in retirement pay, Justice Minister Masako Mori revealed at a parliamentary committee meeting Tuesday.
   The amount is about 8 million yen lower than the full retirement allowance that Kurokawa would receive if he had not resigned as head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office after being reprimanded for playing mahjong for money during Japan's state of emergency over the coronavirus, according to Mori.
   The minister attributed the reduction to his voluntary resignation for his "own reasons," saying that his retirement pay will not be affected by the reprimand, which was not a punitive action under the National Public Service Act.
   This account contradicts Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remark at a press conference the previous day that Kurokawa's retirement allowance would be cut in line with the reprimand.
   Mori said the reprimand against Kurokawa was finally approved by the Abe cabinet, while Abe mentioned that the action was proposed by the Justice Ministry and decided by the prosecutor-general.