The controversial education ministry document cited as proof in the Kake Gakuen issue was in fact described as an inaccurate personal memo.
This section questions why its true nature was not fully reported to the public.

This footage was only briefly aired on the evening news, and even now the true nature of this document is still not recognized among the public.
2018-01-30.
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The “true nature” of the MEXT document.
In the end, the truth is that this document was explained to me at the time by Vice Minister of Education Yoshie as “a personal memo lacking significant accuracy.”
The bureau director of the Ministry of Education who had instructed the memo also explained that “things said by multiple people were compiled onto a single sheet titled ‘Summary of Remarks by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hagiuda.’”
When I asked why such a paper had been created, I was told, “In order to unify the ministry, if it were presented as something said by Mr. Hagiuda, a member of the education policy faction, everyone would reluctantly accept it.”
Hearing this, I was astonished.
I rebuked them, saying, “To summarize things I never said as if I had said them—does the Ministry of Education really conduct its work so carelessly?” and added that in the future, when creating such documents, they should confirm the contents with the person whose remarks were being recorded.
Furthermore, Minister of Education Matsuno stated at a press conference that “an inaccurate memo was shared within the ministry, causing inconvenience to Mr. Hagiuda,” but this footage was only briefly shown on the evening news, and even now the true nature of this document may not be recognized among the public.
An even greater problem is that regarding this document titled “Summary of Remarks by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hagiuda,” only a single newspaper, the Sankei Shimbun, came to me directly for comment.
To be continued.