They kept only favorable information for themselves. This is a problem with the whole bureaucratic system. The latest case may be just the tip of the iceberg.

Yukiko Miki is being far too kind (or the translators)

"May be..." is surely a soft choice.

Without doubt, "Certainly is...",  will accurately convey the distorted level of honesty and social service( heh,heh) displayed by Bureaucracy Inc - an incestuous partner of Abe Inc.

Beaurocrats , isn't that what they do? The only thing they can do? Apart from making everyone miserable and even the simplest of tasks excruciatingly difficult? These talentless Yesmen/women are the scourge of the country, not only a huge inconvenience to everyone trying to achieve something, but they are holding back a whole generation with their arrogance and self importance. Rant over. Better out than in ay!

browny nails it again. Ricky also right on the money. But let me say this:

They kept only favorable information for themselves.

Actually, no they didn't. They falsified documents. That's a whole new ballgame.

In Canada, if that was proved in court, they'd be in jail. Will they even go to trial in Japan?

Disgusting.