Overview
- The Nagoya bureau imposed a one‑month 10% pay cut on a national tax collection officer for unauthorized secondary employment via online resales.
- The employee resigned effective Dec. 19 immediately after the disciplinary action was announced.
- From April 2022 to October 2025 he completed 1,516 transactions on multiple flea‑market sites, taking in about ¥8.13 million from items such as DVDs, books and figures.
- The bureau found he used work time for the operation, including 24 visits to recycle shops and 47 procurement or listing actions, and he was absent without valid reason for a total of 8 days and 2 hours 15 minutes.
- Officials said the profits did not meet the tax‑return threshold, meaning no Income Tax Act violation was identified, and local media quoted him as saying he started it to make pocket money.