旧経営陣を提訴へ　金品受領問題―関西電力

　関西電力が、幹部らによる金品受領問題をめぐり、損害賠償を求めて旧経営陣を提訴する方針を固めたことが１２日、分かった。社外の弁護士で構成する「取締役責任調査委員会」（委員長＝才口千晴元最高裁判事）が、岩根茂樹前社長ら５人の法的責任を認定していた。５人全員を提訴の対象とする方向で検討しており、週明けに正式決定する。（2020/06/12-12:08）

Kansai Electric Power Co. is set to sue former company executives for damages over a high-profile gift scandal, it was learned Friday.
   The move comes after a committee comprising outside lawyers recognized in a report that five former executives bore legal responsibilities for the scandal, in which many Kansai Electric officials received cash and lavish gifts from an influential person.
   The planned damages lawsuit will target all of the five--former President Shigeki Iwane, former Chairmen Makoto Yagi and Shosuke Mori, former Executive Vice President Hideki Toyomatsu and former board director Ryohei Shirai, according to informed sources.
   Kansai Electric, based in the western Japan city of Osaka, will make an official decision early next week on the filing of the suit, the sources said.
   The committee, led by former Supreme Court Justice Chiharu Saiguchi, concluded that the five failed to fulfil their duty of care as board members, causing damage of at least 1.3 billion yen to Kansai Electric. Its report was submitted to the company on Monday.