Fukuoka Prefecture questioned 98 employees after internal documents on a land purchase for a road project in Akamura were leaked to the media. The land was bought in June for ¥21 million—five times the initial valuation—before a review deemed the process improper. Governor Seitaro Hattori stressed the investigation aimed to improve data management, not to identify the whistleblower, and said no one should face disadvantages for disclosing wrongdoing. Officials stated the probe complied with Japan’s Whistleblower Protection Act. Source: Mainichi
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