At the city council in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture, in June this year, one of the members of the council said, "If possible, I would like you to live quietly and hide it." I apologized and withdrew my remarks at the plenary session.
According to the Shimotsuke City Council Assembly Secretariat, in June, city council member Nobuo Ishikawa questioned the prefecture's "partnership oath system" that officially recognizes sexual minority couples in a general question at the city assembly, Regarding people, he said, "If possible, I would like you to live quietly and hidden.
Since this remark was reported in the media, this month, the council secretariat has received a series of requests to retract the remark, apologize, and retract it from the minutes. It means that a part of Rep. Ishikawa's remarks has been deleted.
Since the session of the city council is over, it means that the minutes cannot be deleted.
Furthermore, he requested an apology from Rep. Ishikawa, and in response, Rep. Ishikawa apologized at the plenary session on the 27th, saying, "I sincerely apologize that the expression was misleading and hurt some people, and I would like to withdraw it." and withdrew his statement.
Ishikawa responded in writing to an NHK interview, saying, "I have no intention of discriminating, and there is a risk that the world will become difficult for many people to live in, so I wanted to convey that we should consider it more carefully." .
In addition, Yoichi Ishida, chairman of the city council, said, "I think it was clumsy that I did not ask Congressman Ishikawa to delete his remarks as of June. I would like to work on preventing a recurrence."