{"id":1418,"date":"2026-09-28T12:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T03:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minnanounion.info\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:07:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T04:07:53","slug":"%e3%80%90%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%b3%e3%83%9e%e3%82%a4%e3%83%ab%e5%8a%b4%e5%83%8d%e7%b5%84%e5%90%88%e3%80%91%e7%9b%a3%e6%9f%bb%e7%8b%ac%e7%ab%8b%e6%80%a7%e3%83%bb%e4%b8%8a%e5%a0%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minnanounion.info\/en\/archives\/1418","title":{"rendered":"[Last-mile Workers Union] submitted a request for investigation and response regarding audit independence, listing on the stock exchange, information management, and disclosure control, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

We would like to inform our members, who are constantly raising issues regarding our company\u2019s sustainable growth and a healthy work environment, that we have submitted the \u201cSurvey and Response Request Form regarding Audit Independence, Listing Review, Information Management, and Disclosure Control, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Mile management has continued to maintain its stance of never responding to numerous previous questions, but the grief of the members is growing by the day, so our union will continue to work with even greater energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations and request for responses regarding audit independence, listing review, information management, and disclosure control, etc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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September 28, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last1Mile Inc.
Mr. Representative Director
Dear Board of Directors
To the Audit & Supervisory Board Members and Audit Committee Members
All Outside Directors
Internal Audit Department & Compliance Department
Information Officer and Disclosure Officer, Your Honor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Mile Labor Union<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations and request for responses regarding audit independence, listing review, information management, and disclosure control, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given that the labor union has demanded extremely strict accountability from the company regarding employee absences, personal matters, and other matters, and has implemented disciplinary, reward and punishment committees, as well as repeated hearings, the same compliance principles should naturally apply to the company itself, its directors, listed company preparation officers, audit personnel, and information management systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compliance is not a one-way device for employers to control employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a company demands that employees \"report,\" \"explain,\" and \"abide by the rules,\" it is only natural that it should investigate and explain its own company with even greater rigour if significant audit independence, listing review, audit information, employment regulations, and internal control issues are raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the information that our labor union has obtained this time does not just remain a one-time hiring issue in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is information circulating that records have been made available to audit firms that may indicate possible employment of employees in secret, the diversion of compensation, the continuous acquisition of information through audit firm personnel, and the possibility that our management team is involved as a source of that information.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is true, then this case cannot be handled at all on the level of \"one certified accountant changing jobs.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a matter that calls for a reexamination of the company\u2019s listing review, audit independence, the management of confidential information, and the current internal control system itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hereby request an official investigation and response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Information that the hiring of Wafuyu Hayashi was kept secret from EY New Japan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The labor union alleged that Saito Goshi, who was the company\u2019s chief financial officer at the time, and Wado, an auditor who was a certified public accountant at EY New Japan at the time, had involved Wado, who was also a certified public accountant, in the company\u2019s business activities without explicitly informing EY New Japan about it, and that the compensation paid to Wado by the company was not paid directly to Wado, but instead was paid to EY New Japan through a third party.Records have been circulating that indicate that among the remuneration paid to Saito, it was distributed to Uedono.<\/span>I am aware of the information regarding this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is true, the nature of the problem becomes dramatically more serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not simply a matter of \"employing personnel from an audit firm.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did the company need to involve Saito in the transaction without directly contracting or paying him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why didn't you openly disclose Eeyashin Nippon's involvement with Mr. Oe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did they choose to distribute the rewards through Saito?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you cannot provide a reasonable explanation for any of these,Was there no intent to obscure the relationship through the employment restrictions imposed by the audit firm, the management of independence, or internal approval procedures?<\/span>This raises the natural suspicion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The labor union does not at this time make any determinations regarding the individual employment rules of EY New Japan or the contents of the then-existing rules regarding part-time work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, if a certified public accountant affiliated with an audit firm has received financial benefits in a confidential manner from the audited entity or the listed preparation company, at least the auditor\u2019s independence, conflict of interest management, and confidential information management will be compromised.
There will be a very serious need for verification of the internal approval procedures and professional ethics within the audit firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n