BREAKING NEWS: Japan Farm Minister Says Takaichi Urged Him to Stay on Amid Remarks Row
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[Yomiuri Shimbun] At the extraordinary Diet session convened on the 5th, Minister of Agriculture Yanagi's "budget cut" remarks, reported in a weekly magazine, are likely to become a source of controversy. While Yanagi largely admitted to the content of his remarks, he denied that they were meant as retaliation against local mayors who did not support him in the election. The opposition parties will assess the public reaction while
The remarks by Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yanagi, who stated that he drastically cut road budgets for municipalities that did not support him in the election, are having a wide-ranging impact. On the October 5, 2026 broadcast of "Morning Show" (TV Asahi), ahead of the extraordinary Diet session, the panelists expressed surprise and disappointment regarding Minister Yanagi's remarks. Prime Minister Takaichi called Yanagi "my brain trust," and the…
According to reports from publications such as "Shukan Bunshun," Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yanagi (47) stated at a press conference after a cabinet meeting on the morning of October 2nd that he had "significantly cut road budgets" for local governments that he considered to have received insufficient support in the House of Representatives election.
On the evening of the 2nd, Liberal Democratic Party Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kazuo Yanagi (House of Representatives, North Kanto proportional representation), held a press conference in the Diet building and addressed a weekly magazine report that he had "drastically cut" the road budget of a local government led by a mayor who did not support him in the February general election. He stated, "I sincerely acknowledge that …
Just two weeks after the formation of the second Takaichi cabinet, allegations have surfaced against a minister considered to be Prime Minister Takaichi's right-hand man. The minister in question is Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yanagi. Bunshun Online and Shukan Shincho reported that in May 2026, at a meeting in his home prefecture of Tochigi, he made remarks to the effect that he had cut the budgets of municipalities whose mayors…
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