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Third Japanese minister resigns in a month, blow to prime minister’s shaky support – Nationwide

Japan’s internal affairs minister resigned on Sunday over a funding scandal, a serious blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already shaky support, becoming the third minister to resign in less than a month.

Kishida’s approval ratings reveal a deep and long-standing relationship between politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church, a group critics say is a cult after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July. Afterwards, it fell.

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Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Minoru Terada has submitted his resignation to Kishida after media reports said the prime minister was preparing to dismiss him.Kishida’s office could not be reached for comment on these reports.

Only 30.5% of respondents supported Kishida in a poll conducted the weekend before Terada resigned, down 2.6 percentage points from the October poll, Asahi Television reported Monday. Just over half, 51%, disapprove of how he handled the resignations of two former ministers, Economic Revitalization Minister Daishiro Yamagiwa and Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi.

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Terada, who has been accused of several fundraising scandals, has admitted that one of his support groups submitted a fundraising document signed by an ostensibly dead person.

Kishida said he accepted Terada’s resignation in order to prioritize parliamentary discussions, including discussions on the second supplementary budget for the fiscal year ending in March.

Asked about the resignation of three ministers since October 24, Kishida said he wanted to apologize.

“It’s a heavy responsibility,” he told reporters. He is likely to nominate former Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, according to NHK Public Television.

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Terada’s resignation has left his approval ratings below 30% in several recent polls, a level that could make it difficult for him to implement his political agenda. It may further weaken the Prime Minister who is

After leading the LDP to an election victory days after Abe was shot down in the election campaign, Kishida was widely expected to enjoy a “golden three years” until 2025, when no national elections would be required.

The suspect who killed Abe said his mother was bankrupt by the Unification Church and accused Abe of promoting the Unification Church. The Liberal Democratic Party admits that many lawmakers have ties to the church, but they have no organizational ties to the party.

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A majority of voters also opposed Kishida’s decision to hold Abe’s state funeral at the end of September.

Yamagiwa resigned on Oct. 24, citing ties to a religious group, and Kishida was criticized by voters for being slow and clumsy in responding to the situation.

Further damage was caused by the resignation of Minister of Justice Yasuhiro Karinashi in mid-November, due to comments that appeared to downplay his job responsibilities, particularly approval of the execution.

The resignation of Karin and Terada, who were on the Kishida faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, will be particularly painful.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies and Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chris Reese, William Mallard, Angus MacSwan, Kirsten Donovan, Gerry Doyle)



Third Japanese minister resigns in a month, blow to prime minister’s shaky support – Nationwide

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