Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sugita Mio Sugita said at the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting in the morning that he was thinking of withdrawing a post on a past news site that linked the nursery school problem with a communist organization, saying, "We were unable to confirm the facts." showed.
In 2016, before running as a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Sugita wrote on an Internet news site about issues such as waiting lists for nursery schools, saying, ``After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Comintern is reviving. The former Soviet Union is trying to practice in Japan a model that failed under the communist system of brainwashing education at facilities such as schools.
At the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting on the 30th, Fumika Shiomura of the Constitutional Democratic Party said, ``We are spreading a conspiracy theory, and we should withdraw and delete the article.''
In response, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Sugita said, ``It was a careless remark that I could not confirm the fact that I mentioned the Comintern in connection with Japan's childcare business. I am," and indicated his intention to withdraw.
Regarding the ``Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,'' Parliamentary Vice-Minister Sugita said at a House of Representatives Cabinet Committee meeting in 2014 that ``I don't think there is any discrimination against women.'' The point is that discrimination does not exist."
After that, he said, "I belonged to another political party at the time, but now as a member of the government, I want to do my best to realize a society where people can live comfortably regardless of gender."