Evidence No.13

Confirmation Statement Regarding the Contents of the Certificate of Separation from Employment

Date: June 2, 2025 (Reiwa 7)

• Business Office Name: Maeda Corporation, Chubu Branch
• Business Office Address: 2-5-30 Kyutaromachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
• Employer’s Name: Maeda Corporation, Kansai Branch

I hereby confirm the contents of the Certificate of Separation from Employment submitted by the above-mentioned employer as follows:

Record

1. With respect to the contents of the Certificate of Separation from Employment, except for the section on the reason for separation, I acknowledge that the contents are factually correct.
2. Regarding the reason for separation as entered by the employer, I hereby state as follows:

Objection

• Date of Separation: June 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7)
• Employee Address: [Redacted for privacy]
• Employee Name: Shunsuke Kimura
• Employment Insurance Insured Person Number: ■■■■-■■■■■■-■

Note:

This separation from employment pertains to a case officially subject to a notification issued on May 29, 2025, by the Director for Whistleblower Protection and Cooperation, Consumer Affairs Agency. It falls under the Whistleblower Protection Act, in which the company was required to ensure the “effective operation of internal whistleblowing systems” and to correct institutional deficiencies.

Since August 2024, I had been on medical leave based on a doctor’s diagnosis. However, without any investigation or response under the whistleblowing system, the company unilaterally issued me a dismissal notice on April 23, 2025. Furthermore, two days later, on April 25, the company issued a subsequent “statement of reasons” claiming that “reporting to administrative authorities damaged the company’s reputation,” thereby explicitly stating that the act of whistleblowing itself constituted a reason for dismissal.

I recognize this sequence of events as institutional suppression and retaliatory action against a whistleblower, and it has also been recorded and subject to corrective review by the Consumer Affairs Agency.

Therefore, I hereby clearly raise an objection to the stated reason for separation, and mark the Certificate of Separation from Employment as “Objection.”

Applicable Laws and Regulations:

• Whistleblower Protection Act (Japan):

- Article 5 (Prohibition of Unfavorable Treatment)

- Article 11 (Obligation to Establish Systems)

• Labor Standards Act (Japan):

- Article 22 (Statement of Reasons for Dismissal)

• Labor Contract Act (Japan):

- Article 16 (Abuse of the Right to Dismissal – requirement of objectively reasonable grounds and appropriateness)

• Corporate Governance Code:

- Principle 2-2 (Implementation of Corporate Ethics and Compliance)

- Principle 4-3 (Supervision of the Board of Directors)

📎The original Japanese evidence document (PDF) is attached below for reference.