Reconstruction Minister Akiba was asked to resign from the opposition party over the cancellation of the inspection of the disaster area in order to deal with his own politics and money problems, etc. After apologizing to the parties concerned, "I will continue to work while humbly listening to various voices," he denied his resignation.
Reconstruction Minister Akiba has canceled his visit to Fukushima Prefecture, the disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which was scheduled for November 27, in order to prepare for his response to the Diet, while his own politics and money problems have been pointed out.
Regarding this, Tetsuro Fukuyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan said at the House of Councilors Budget Committee on the 30th, "The reason is that suspicions have arisen. If you are going to cancel your official duties, I want you to resign as minister immediately. I feel sorry for the disaster area." I just said.
In response, Minister Akiba said, "I apologize for the inconvenience caused to those involved. I have visited the affected areas 23 times in the past three and a half months, but I will continue to humbly listen to various voices. I would like to work on it while leaning on it," he denied his resignation.
In addition, Minister Akiba was once again asked if he had attended a meeting of a group related to the former Unification Church in Sendai last year, saying, "I received a guide from the other party and put it in the schedule for the time being, but it was not an outside activity. I was engaged," and denied attendance.