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Michael Jackson
Just another part of the spin campaign designed to deflect attention away from the two most guilty
Kaishu
He's targeting the wrong people.... should be against Abe and Aso.
gaijintraveller
I hope he can keep his job and doesn't get fired.
garymalmgren
With all of the evidence in the shreader already, I can't see a prosecution succeeding.
That said, I hope this will lead to more complaints being filed, especially in the Kake University case.
thepersoniamnow
Oh have no fear, this will come to absolutely nothing.
Aly Rustom
In a real democracy, he would be.
fxgai
So it sounds like the prosecutors are either utterly incompetent, or they have got the message from their masters to not press charges.
When the ministry itself has admitted its wrong-doing, how could a serious prosecutor cite "lack of evidence" for not pressing charges?
What is this country?
taj
Thank you Professor Hiroshi Kamiwaki. Sometimes, in order to get to the slippery, shadier people on top, you need to go after the easier, lower ranking targets - to create a chance for evidence to be entered into the public record, for witnesses to be questioned in open court (not just in parliament, and for witnesses to be subpoenaed. So far Akie has not said a word. Shinzo has refused to have her testify in the Diet.
Now, if Professor Kamiwaki's complaint leads to charges (not sure how this works - if anyone can explain, please do) Ms. Abe, can be forced to testify, even if Mr. Abe gets to claim some special immunity.
TumbleDry
So, Sagawa is the fall guy?
Pukey2
Yep, looks like it.
Civitas Sine Suffragio
So, is the "official" story that this Sagawa dude acted on his own volition and ordered these records disposed of by the Finance Ministry, or did someone order the Ministry to do it, or what? As fxgai said above, "What is this country"?
Alexandre T. Ishii
Sagawa will be released from police investigation, some "power" from above?
Scrote
The prosecutors can find "no evidence" even though the ministry has admitted falsifying documents and has shown the "before" and "after" versions to the public. Don't they realise how ridiculous this makes them look? The only logical explanation for not pressing charges is that Abe has ordered them not to. Somehow they found enough evidence to keep that Kagoike in jail for a year without trial, but the same evidence does not implicate any bureaucrats?
I thought the courts here were supposed to be independent of the government, but it's clear that Japan is no different to China, where the courts do as they are told. The prosecutors should all be fired and replaced with people who are able to do the job they are paid for.
Ascissor
"no evidence" basically amounts to staring all the evidence in the face with hands over your eyes.
SumoBob
Only in Japan, wearing its thin, tatamae of a so-called 'democracy' could someone say something like this with a straight face.