The government said Wednesday it has agreed to pay damages to a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat's wife who alleges her husband killed himself after being ordered to tamper with documents related to favoritism allegations against then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The decision to pay around ¥100 million in compensation as sought by Masako Akagi, 50, ends the suit filed nearly two years ago between the state and the plaintiff and ensures the detailed process leading to the alteration of the documents will not be revealed.
"I feel like I lost (in the suit)," Akagi said with tears in her eyes at a news conference in Osaka, after officials said the government has come to believe that it is "not appropriate to prolong the proceedings unnecessarily."