TOKYO (Reuters) – Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi said in a regular press conference on the 25th that Economic Revitalization Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa, who had resigned over issues with the Federation of Families for World Peace and Unification (the former Unification Church), said: “He has decided to step down. It is inevitable,” he said, adding: “I would like the government to rebuild its structure by appointing an appropriate successor to take charge of the economic revival.” . He also claimed that Mr. Yamagiwa was one of the reasons for the cabinet approval rating decline.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida contacted former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Shigeyuki Goto on the morning of the 25th, indicating that he is a person with an excellent ability to explain a wide range of economic measures.
Regarding the relationship between Mr. Yamagiwa and the former Unification Church, he stressed that “the explanation lacked clarity” and that “there was no change even in the subsequent meeting of the Budget Commission”.
A recent Mainichi Shimbun poll found that the government approval rate dropped below 30%. Yamaguchi commented: “Yamagiwa’s vague responses were thought to be one of the reasons for his drop in approval rating, but his resignation put an end to that.” “It is important that the Cabinet takes a position of humility and sincerity while assigning the successor to his functions,” she said.
As for the Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi’s speech on the 24th, he suggested that the scale of the global economic measures the government will be putting together this week would be in the mid-range of 20 trillion yen. that matches the capabilities of each person, “he said. He said:” There may be a point of view to compensate for the deflationary gap as much as possible, but we are doing the right amount of work. It is important that the 2022 fiscal supplementary budget and the 2023 fiscal budget support implementation. “
