Amid political turmoil in Japan over who's going to succeed Prime Minister Kan, one of the aides to Prime Minister made an off-the-record remark saying "Whenever PM's daily schedule says PM holds meetings with his aides and secretaries, you would better think that PM will be meeting those in media. They try to hide it because they just don't want anybody to know it."
They meet daily at exclusive high end restaurants possibly with secret funds available to the Cabinet Secretariat. The Kan Cabinet is desperately trying to prolong its life as long as possible, giving us some suspicion that they might run away with the secret funds. Who knows why they are meeting daily?
Since the Kan Cabinet was formed, a number of secret meetings with editors in chief of the press, etc. has increased. One executive stated "He was so surprised when he was asked if he would accept secret fund."
The above is only a summary (tentatively translated into English) of the article attached below;
菅内閣になってマスコミ幹部への機密費接待増えたとの証言
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