Four of the six members of the National Public Safety Commission, the body that oversees the National Police Agency, each earns a salary of 26.67 million yen a year, although the commission meets only once a week, NPA sources said Wednesday.
The four receive the pay of a full-time civil servant despite the fact that they meet only every Thursday.
The remaining two are Home Affairs Minister Kosuke Hori, who chairs the commission, and Sho Nasu, 75, adviser to Tokyo Electric Power Co., who earns 70,000 yen for each committee meeting he attends.