The head of the Kyoto-based "kanji" promotion body presented the education ministry with plans on how it will improve its operations following allegations that the body has engaged in improper business practices in the administration of aptitude tests for kanji Chinese characters.
Noboru Okubo, head of the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, said he has decided to step down from the foundation's board in his first public appearance since the revelation in January of the problems with his organization.
The education ministry searched the head office of the foundation in February following allegations that the kanji body had exceeded the profit limits for a public-interest corporation of its kind.
It had also been revealed that the foundation was involved in shady business deals with four family companies linked to Okubo and other members of the foundation. On top of that, the foundation has allegedly bought expensive land and buildings in Kyoto.
Last month, the ministry urged the foundation to improve its operations and gave it a set of proposals, including lowering achievement test fees for test takers and ceasing transactions with its four family firms.
The ministry also called for the foundation to review the setup of its board of directors and council.
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