Satsuki Katayama, the only female minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, has sued publisher Bungei Shunju Ltd, claiming its report in a weekly magazine that she accepted money in a graft scandal defamed her reputation. In the lawsuit filed Monday with the Tokyo District Court, the regional revitalization
Satsuki Katayama, the only female minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, has sued publisher Bungei Shunju Ltd, claiming its report in a weekly magazine that she accepted money in a graft scandal defamed her reputation.
In the lawsuit filed Monday with the Tokyo District Court, the regional revitalization minister sought 11 million yen in damages and said the Shukan Bunshun article contains factual errors, her lawyer said.
According to the lawsuit, the magazine issued last week reported that the owner of a manufacturing company paid 1 million yen to Katayama’s secretary in 2015 in return for asking tax authorities for special treatment on the company’s behalf.
