Tohokushinsha Film Corp. President Shinya Nakajima, left, answers questions from an opposition lawmaker at the Lower House Budget Committee session on March 16. Jun Sawada, president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., is seen seated behind him. (Kotaro Ebara)
A series of revelations about a lack of discipline and integrity within the telecommunications ministry has bred deep public distrust of the ministry s regulation of the broadcast and telecommunications industries.
It is imperative to clarify the facts and hold people involved responsible.
It has been confirmed that Tohokushinsha Film Corp., the media company at the center of the wining and dining sandal that has rocked the ministry, has also violated a rule in the Broadcast Law that restricts foreign ownership of a broadcasting company.