2023-12-14 03:32:15
China News Service, December 14. According to Japan’s Kyodo News Agency, the “kickback” scandal of the Abe faction of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party continues to ferment. On the 14th local time, three Kishida cabinet ministers resigned.
According to reports, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasunari Nishimura, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Miyashichiro, and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Junji Suzuki all submitted their resignations on the same day.
According to reports, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of General Affairs and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will be held by Saito Takeru, Matsumoto Takeaki and Sakamoto Tetsushi respectively. None of the three are members of the Abe faction.
The report also stated that government sources said that Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hiroshi of the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party affected by the scandal will be replaced by Hayashi Masaru, a member of the Kishida faction of the Liberal Democratic Party and former Foreign Minister.
It was previously reported that as the “kickback” scandal of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Abe faction continues to ferment, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to significantly adjust cabinet personnel on the 14th.
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