The “allegation that the Emperor’s absence was forced on former Kishiwada City Mayor Kohei Nagano, who is in the middle of a controversy, was forced to attend an event next to the Emperor.

Suspicious documents were circulated.

The turmoil in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture, caused by the “woman problem” of former mayor Kohei Nagano (46), continues to this day, and is reportedly affecting a national event that has been a long-held dream for the prefectural government’s fisheries business.

The “National Conference for the Development of an Abundantly Rich Sea” is the largest maritime welcoming event in Japan, and will be attended by the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Next year, the event will be held in Osaka for the first time, and Kishiwada City is the site of the event . The following is the content of the “suspicious document” obtained by Friday Digital.

Did you know that Osaka Prefecture has requested that the mayor of Kishiwada City decline to attend the “National Conference for the Development of the Sea of Plenty” to be held in 2014? On December 17, 2024, the Director of the Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department of the Osaka Prefectural Government made a request to Kishiwada City.

The Osaka Prefectural Government should not have requested that Kishiwada City withdraw the mayor’s attendance. （There are also rumors that this was not the sole decision of the department head, but was orchestrated by Osaka Restoration Association member Masaomi Maeda and Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura. (omitted) In any case, we feel that there is a serious confusion between public and private matters. I think it would be disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor to exclude the local leaders from the meeting on such grounds.

It is said that “Osaka Prefecture has asked former Kishiwada Mayor Nagano, who has caused a stir with allegations of adultery and sexual misconduct, to withdraw from the event.

The National Conference for the Development of an Abundant Sea is jointly organized by Osaka Prefecture, Kishiwada City, Izumisano City, and the Osaka Prefecture Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (hereinafter referred to as “Fisheries Federation”). If the city officials were to accuse Kishiwada City of coercion in withdrawing from the event, it would not be something that could be tolerated.

Was there “pressure” from Osaka Prefecture? Friday Digital conducted an in-depth interview in Kishiwada. A city government official in Kishiwada opened his mouth with the following comment.

I heard that on a certain date in December, the head of the fishermen’s union requested a meeting with Governor Yoshimura to discuss Mayor Nagano’s attendance. In fact, the director of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department of the Osaka Prefectural Government approached the mayor to make an appointment. The mayor has accepted Osaka Prefecture’s request that he withdraw from the meeting, and talks are proceeding in the direction of having a staff member attend on his behalf.

An official of the Osaka Prefectural Fisheries Federation explained the background of the “suspicious letter.

The Osaka Prefectural Fisheries Federation has been working for more than 20 years to invite the National Conference for the Development of an Abundant Sea to be held in Osaka. And just as they were finally able to hold the event, a scandal broke out involving the mayor of Kishiwada City. The executives of the fishermen’s federation were not amused and were furious, saying, ‘It is morally unthinkable to have such a person in front of His Majesty the Emperor.