In the midst of all this, Son announced that he would donate 10 billion yen to the relief efforts. He also pledged to donate 1.3 billion yen from the SoftBank Group, and his entire salary as the group's representative until his retirement (estimated to be just under 1.7 billion yen), to support the children who lost their parents in the disaster. While the amount is not important when it comes to donations that are a sign of consideration for the victims, the public was astonished by his donation of 10 billion yen. There is no comparison, but he is the number one donor in Japan.
One theory is that, taking into account the fact that Fast Retailing President Yanai Tadashi contributed 1 billion yen, the initial plan was to donate around 2 billion yen. When Yanai announced his 1 billion yen contribution, it made a big impact. If it had been 10 billion yen, the impact on the market in Japan would have been immeasurable. It was treated remove background image as an extraordinary donation by the media, and a storm of praise swirled online and on Twitter. Even journalists who had been critical of Son sent him praise. (Titles omitted throughout the text)
This file was a memo that Atsuaki Gunji, the head of the biological products division at the time of the drug damage incident, had compiled privately. The file was not numbered and was clearly not an official document. At the time of its discovery, Vice-Minister Hiroshi Tada and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takehiko Yamaguchi (who died in the 2008 serial attack on the home of the former Vice-Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) felt that the documents needed to be analyzed and went to report to the newly appointed Minister Suga to bring them to a Cabinet meeting.
However, Minister Suga took the documents and, without even analyzing their contents, released the files at a press conference, saying, "Something that the bureaucrats had been hiding all this time was discovered because I took office." If they wanted to keep it hidden, they didn't need to report it to Minister Suga. It is clear that Minister Suga betrayed the bureaucrats and ran off on a solo play.