I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 160 Can you write a novel about the Special Investigation Department?

The Special Investigation Headquarters of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, commonly known as the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department, is a specialized criminal agency in Japan that combats corruption and bribery cases, similar to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong next door.

The main work of this department is to conduct special investigations into cases of corruption, large-scale tax evasion and economic bribery by politicians and big businessmen.

Friends who are familiar with Japan know that the predecessor of this department was an organization called the "Range Force" established by the Allied Command headed by MacArthur to search for hidden assets of the Japanese army.

Because the targets of the Special Investigation Department's investigations are mostly powerful figures with connections, the system for selecting Special Investigation Department police officers and prosecutors is extremely strict. Most of them are required to be graduates from prestigious universities, be proficient in foreign languages, and have excellent physical and mental qualities.

At the same time, during the process of investigation and reconnaissance, officials of the Special Investigation Department also enjoy more power and protection.

Currently, there are only three local prosecutors' offices in Japan that have special investigation departments, namely Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. They are affiliated with the local prosecutors' offices, but they work independently and are not subject to management when handling criminal investigations.

When Kitagawa Hide heard that the other party claimed to be a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Department, his first reaction was that he had been the victim of a phone scam.

But then I think about it, it's 1996 now, and telecom fraud probably hasn't become popular in Japan yet. Even if it did, no one would dare to impersonate a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Department to cheat people.

Moreover, Miyamoto Juju asked Kitagawa Hide to go to the Procuratorate for investigation. If it was a wire fraud, they should have started to ask him questions and asked him to prepare bank transfers.

Kitagawa Hide thought about it. In terms of assets, he only had more than 200 million in cash in his bank account. If all his assets were counted, it would be at most more than 1 billion. In this deformed country with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, he could only be considered a small rich man.

In terms of social status, he hasn't even reached the level of "the best in the world". In the eyes of the huge Special Investigation Department, he should not be worth mentioning, right?

The other party specializes in investigating economic crimes. After careful consideration, he realized that apart from using the shell company Kitagawa Entertainment Co., Ltd. to legally evade taxes, he had not committed any crime.

It’s not so necessary to alert the Special Investigation Department even for tax evasion!
"Moshi Moshi? Mr. Kitagawa, can you still hear me?" Seeing that he had not answered for a long time, Miyamoto Jūzu asked again.

"Ah, I can hear you. The signal was a little bad just now." Beichuan Xiu made up an excuse and then said, "I'm free this afternoon. Should I go there directly?"

Sitting next to him was Yoshiaki Kobayashi and several beautiful actresses who were fanning him enthusiastically, so he deliberately said "Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office" as "over there".

Public figures in Japan attach great importance to their reputation. If someone hears or sees you being summoned by the inspection department, all kinds of rumors will be flying around in less than ten minutes. In the pre-Internet era, it was extremely difficult to dispel rumors.

Kitagawa Hide didn't want any bad words about him to come out from the set of "No Longer Human". He didn't care that much about his reputation. A person of integrity has nothing to fear.

But he was afraid that such rumors would affect the movie’s box office!
Those are all 10,000 yen bills, he got a share of the box office profits!
"Yes. We should have sent someone to pick you up, but you are a well-known public figure. If you were seen getting into the Special Investigation Department's police car, it might have a bad impact on your reputation, so we have to trouble you to go there in person. I'll meet you at Nagatacho at 3 pm."

Miyamoto Juzu has a gentle voice, which is completely inconsistent with the stereotype of the sharp-tongued and aggressive prosecutor in TV dramas.

Kitagawa Hide said "hmm" and hung up the phone, as if nothing had happened, and asked Kobayashi Yoshiaki to turn on the camera and prepare for shooting.

Of course, Kobayashi Yoshiaki would not be stupid enough to ask Kitagawa Hide where he was going. He acted as if nothing had happened and urged the crew members to take their positions and get moving.

Not long after the filming officially started, he quietly approached Kitagawa Hide and whispered, "Teacher Kitagawa, I'm here. If you have something to do this afternoon, just sign out at the sign-in counter and go about your business."

"Okay. I'll leave this to you, Mr. Kobayashi, for now. We'll contact you by phone if you need anything."

Kitagawa Hide smiled and nodded. It was good to be a partner with an old hand. There was no need to say anything, the other party would understand by observing his words and expressions.

"Okay, go ahead and get busy." Kobayashi Yoshiaki smiled even more brightly.

He is a complete tyrant on the set. If Kitagawa Hide has to stay here the whole time to supervise, he will be restricted and unable to perform.

At half past two, Kitagawa Hide made an excuse to go to the toilet, then called Iwai Shunji, the deputy director, and asked him to keep an eye on Kobayashi Yoshiaki and not to exploit the actors too harshly. Then he quietly signed out and drove his Mercedes-Benz straight to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office!

At this time, the Tokyo Special Investigation Department was still located in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office building.

A few years later, no one knew who came up with the idea to have them all move to the 8th floor of the Congressional Building.

Since then, the officials of the Special Investigation Department have had to work in the same place and eat in the same restaurant with those congressmen who wish to eat them. The scene is extremely dramatic.

While driving, Kitagawa Hide thought carefully again whether he had any clues that the Special Investigation Department had caught him, and even recalled his original experience from his mind.

He finally concluded that he had behaved uprightly and had never committed any crime, let alone violated public order and morality such as unspoken rules in the workplace.

The only possible connection is that he wrote "No Longer Human" to help Tomiichi Murayama fight against cults, which had a certain impact on society.

But this happened almost a year ago. If they really wanted to make something of it, shouldn't they have done it when Tomiichi Murayama stepped down in January?

Kitagawa Hide pondered the tone of Miyamoto Juju and felt that it didn't mean anything bad. Of course, he did not rule out the possibility that he was luring the enemy into a trap, but that would be an exaggeration.

Just in case, he called Mengzi and told her that he was going to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office for investigation. If he didn't return home at night, he would let his wife go directly to the big boss for help.

Half an hour later.

Kitagawa Hide arrived at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office as scheduled.

This huge national violence agency looks more like a large enterprise. Men and women in suits and OL uniforms come and go, and they look no different from ordinary office workers.

After he asked, someone came quickly and respectfully took him to the workbench to complete a series of registration procedures, and then asked him to wait in a small room for a while.

Before leaving, the female staff member even asked him for an autograph, and then ran away happily. If it weren't for the "Autumn Frost and Scorching Sun" badge unique to Japanese prosecutors hanging on her uniform, he would have almost thought he had run into some middle school girl fan.

It didn't take long.

Someone knocked on the door and then pushed it open.

But the person who came in was not the prosecutor, but a familiar figure.

"Kitagawa?"

"Saito?"

The two looked at each other, and then Saito Reina, who was holding a can of iced coffee in her hand, sat down next to him and let out a long sigh.

She had been a good girl since she was young, and she had rarely been summoned by the prosecutor or even to the police station.

This time, she suddenly received a call from Miyamoto Juju in the office. She was almost frightened to death and had no idea what was going on.

Having come all the way trembling with fear, Saito Rena was even prepared to "die calmly", but she didn't know what to do with her two younger sisters at home. It seemed that she could only ask Kitagawa Hide, her best friend, to act as their guardian and take care of them.

Seeing Kitagawa Hideya sitting here, she should have been in an even worse mood - it seemed that something had happened to her most trusted guardian.

But the moment she saw Kitagawa Hide, Saito Rena felt much more relaxed and suddenly felt safe.

She handed the freshly opened iced coffee to Kitagawa Hide, and after a conversation, they found that they were both completely in the dark.

However, the presence of Saito Rena made Kitagawa Hide more convinced that it should not be a bad thing.

Sure enough, five minutes later, a capable middle-aged prosecutor with a crew cut pushed the door open, followed by two young prosecutors.

"Sorry, sorry, Mr. Kitagawa, Editor-in-Chief Saito, I've kept you waiting for so long." Miyamoto Juju sat down carelessly, and then asked the two juniors to put the drinks in their arms on the table. "I don't know if you have any dietary restrictions, so I took some of each. Please enjoy."

"Oh, by the way, I am Miyamoto Juju. You can just call me Miyamoto." Miyamoto Juju had a gentle attitude that was completely inconsistent with his identity.

Two young prosecutors stood at the door with serious faces, one holding a notebook and the other holding a small camera.

"Nice to meet you, Prosecutor Miyamoto. Thank you for your guidance." Kitagawa Hide stood up and exchanged business cards with him. Saito Rena also bowed.

After taking the business card, he read it softly as a sign of respect, and was surprised to find that Miyamoto Juju was not an ordinary prosecutor, but a first-level prosecutor who had been in the profession for about twenty years.

"Haha, same to you. Please take care of me, Mr. Kitagawa." Miyamoto Twelve sat down with a smile and said straight to the point, "I took the liberty of inviting you two here this time because I hope you can cooperate with me in investigating a major financial corruption case within Kodansha."

"Here's what happened." Miyamoto Juzu glanced at the two people who were recording and filming behind him. The two of them understood and immediately put away their recording tools.

Then he told Kitagawa Hide and the other man what had happened in great detail.

It turns out that before Tetsutaro Mori published that literary review, the Tokyo Special Investigation Department had already set its sights on Kodansha and the Noma family.

The Special Investigation Department not only investigates politicians, but also large domestic entrepreneurs.

Before this, although they had some evidence that the Noma family had embezzled company funds, it was not enough to convict and bring them down.

After that literary review became popular, various reports against Kodansha and Noma Sawako continued to pour in. After some careful investigation, the Special Investigation Department actually found some "interesting" things.

Among them, I can tell Kitagawa Hide that they colluded with the Ministry of Education and some celebrities to manipulate famous literary awards such as the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, and cultivated a group of court writers who spoke for some party leaders;
One is that a large amount of funds were misappropriated within Kodansha, and the money was suspected to have become political donations to facilitate the careers of certain politicians.

In Japan, economic crimes are also serious crimes and the offender may be sent to prison for more than ten or twenty years.

Moreover, once economic crimes are linked to politics, they may also involve political corruption and embezzlement.

This was the case with the Recruit incident in 1989 that led to the resignation of Takeshita Noboru. The amount involved was said to be 1.51 million yen, which is not a large amount at all, but the then Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru resigned directly, and his close confidant Ippei Aoki even committed suicide to apologize.

In short, regardless of whether the matter is true or not, Kodansha is in real trouble this time!
Kitagawa Hide and Saito Rena were once employees and authors of Kodansha, and were passively involved in many of these things.

Especially Kitagawa Hide, who missed the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize twice. In Miyamoto Jūji's view, he was an extremely aggrieved victim and he must be called over to find out the situation.

Seeing that the other party was coming for Kodansha and Noma Sawako, Kitagawa Hide immediately became excited and told them everything he knew.

Of course, he would not be so mean as to exaggerate. The other party might be that kind of person, but he is not.

If a dog bites you, you certainly can't bite it back, but you can kill it and make dog meat hotpot, right?
After a detailed investigation, Miyamoto Juzu put away the documents with satisfaction, shook hands with the two men with a smile, said "sorry" and "sorry to bother you" repeatedly, and then personally escorted them out of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

Before getting on the bus, Miyamoto Twelve said with a smile: "Teacher Kitagawa, we in the Special Investigation Department actually have another unwelcome request. I hope you can consider it."

"Please speak." Kitagawa Hide nodded.

"Your novels are very popular in our Special Investigation Department. If possible, could you write a novel about the Special Investigation Department?" asked Miyamoto Juju.

(End of this chapter)