The government announced that Yoichi Takahashi, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, has retired on the 24th.
Mr. Takahashi resigned after posting on his Twitter that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in Japan was "ripple" and the state of emergency was "like a flatulence", and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato resigned from himself. I explained that there was an offer.
The government announced that Yoichi Takahashi, Special Advisor to the Cabinet, who is a professor at Kaetsu University and has been in charge of economic and fiscal policy at the Suga Cabinet since October last year, has retired on the 24th.
On the 9th of this month, Mr. Takahashi posted on his Twitter account with a graph of the number of people infected with the new coronavirus in each country, saying, "Japan is about this level of'ripples'. On the day, "Japan's declaration of emergency is not a strict decree from the perspective of Europe and the United States, but it is not something like a quibble." Like a quibble "means that Japan's behavioral restrictions are weak." After that, the contents were revised.
At a press conference in the afternoon, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "I apologize to Prime Minister Suga for the inconvenience, and I was informed that I would like to resign as a member of the Cabinet Secretary." I explained that there was an offer to resign.
On top of that, while being asked about the influence on the administration, he said, "External transmission is done with individual qualifications, so basically the person himself / herself should take responsibility for dealing with it, including the content." Said.
Prime Minister Suga "Resigned, saying,'I can't cause any more inconvenience.'"
Prime Minister Suga apologized to reporters in Tokyo, saying, "I'm very sorry, I want to make a correction." Under such circumstances, "I can't cause any further inconvenience." I resigned. I was very remorseful. "
After that, the reporters asked, "Did you hear that you will retire directly?", But "I was resigning myself. Since he canceled the inappropriate statement and apologized, Under such circumstances, it was "feeling responsible." "
Representative Edano Ritsumin "I would like to point out severely that Prime Minister Suga's insight will be questioned."
Edano, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, said at the party's board of directors, "It's not a story that I'm done because I quit. I was asked to be an advisor, and I would like to strictly point out that the insight of Prime Minister Suga will be questioned. "