Two more former Japan Post workers were found to have been involved in bribery?at the postal service provider, an internal investigation has revealed.
In May, a former Japan Post employee was arrested for allegedly leaking the planned contract price in a February 2025 bidding for outsourcing the collection of letters and other mail items from mailboxes and receiving a total of ?2.4 million of cash and goods in return, in violation of the law regulating the company.
The internal probe showed Tuesday that the immediate predecessor of the former worker, who was in charge of bidding, and the predecessor¡¯s predecessor committed similar wrongdoing in bidding in February 2021. The method of the wrongdoing was passed down among them.
The immediate predecessor received rewards worth ?400,000, while the predecessor¡¯s predecessor said they had not received?anything, according to the investigation. The immediate predecessor also suggested being involved in wrongdoing in bidding carried out in 2017.
Japan Post has already dismissed the three workers while considering taking action over the 2021 case.
¡°This is a serious issue that undermines social trust in our company,¡± Takaharu Suna, a Japan Post executive officer, told a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
¡°The misconduct continued for a long period, so we take this very seriously,¡± he added.
Japan Post also announced measures to prevent a recurrence, such as a different department taking charge of bidding-related procedures, in light of the fact that a third party¡¯s check function did not work.
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