Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Councilors Hasegawa gives explanation: “It feels intimidating” to multiple local government officials. Governor Suzuki requested on the 5th that the response be revised, as some staff members traveled to Tokyo and other locations more than 20 times in the past year.

In response to this, Mr. HaseGawa told reporters in Sapporo on the 6th, ``I sincerely regret that I was not aware of the way I expressed myself. I want to make fundamental changes.''