Overview

• Yasuhiro Nakagawa said at a Sept. 28 news conference in Kameoka that he never took profits from family firms, called the tax authority’s reasoning wrong, and indicated he is prepared to sue.
• The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau’s audit concluded about ¥800 million in income went undeclared over roughly seven years through 2024, with about ¥300 million attributed to Nakagawa and about ¥500 million to related companies, leading to heavy surcharges.
• Investigators alleged the firms used falsified receipts and inflated external contractor payments on JA-related work, including the 2018 demolition of the Kyoto JA building; the companies have also petitioned for cancellation of the assessments.
• Nakagawa confirmed he has not paid the assessed taxes and said he has declared all income, disputing the audit’s methods and conclusions.
• He remains chairman of JA Group Kyoto and holds other senior JA posts, and petitions challenging the assessments were filed on Sept. 25 with the National Tax Tribunal.