25 cases of fraudulent receipt of funds in Noto reconstruction support project; foundation officials forged receipts

It has been revealed that there were a total of 25 cases of fraudulent receipts in 2025 in the Kanazawa Art Creation Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation that subsidizes cultural activities that lead to Noto's recovery, and that two people associated with the foundation at the time had forged receipts. The foundation announced this on the 20th. ...(snip)... After confirming the fraudulent receipt, the foundation instructed the organizers of 25 events to resubmit reports with genuine receipts. In 13 of these cases, overpayments of a total of 413,000 yen were discovered, and the eight organizations and individuals who hosted the events were asked to return the money.