Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Friday two more cases of public fund misuse involving its officials have been confirmed and he will thus cut his own salary for another month in August.
The fresh cases follow an alleged case of misuse last month in which a ministry official used funds for personal stock trading.
One case involves a former head of the Budget and Accounts Division at the minister's secretariat who bought a 2 million yen restaurant membership in 1975 by using money allocated by UNICEF for aid purchases in Japan, the minister said.