In 2016, when Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sugita was unsuccessful, he posted on his Twitter account to the effect that "there is no problem in obtaining support and cooperation from the former Unification Church."
At the inaugural press conference held on the 15th, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Sugita said, "Since this is a press conference as a parliamentary secretary, I will refrain from commenting on personal posts that I made while I was unsuccessful. I've never owned anything," he said.
Also, regarding the fact that one of the organizers of a lecture in Kumamoto Prefecture, where he participated as a lecturer three years ago, was a believer, he said, "It has not been confirmed that the sponsoring organization is a related organization. I didn't know at the time that one of the officers was a believer."
After that, he said, ``I will not have any relationship with any socially problematic groups, not just the former Unification Church, and I will be careful not to raise suspicions.''
On the other hand, when he once pointed out in a monthly magazine that LGBT people are "not productive," he said, "I have never denied diversity in the past and discriminated against sexual minorities." I have never done anything. There is nothing that deviates from the direction the Kishida administration is aiming for."