Prime Minister Kishida told reporters, "Reconstruction Minister Akiba announced that the budget proposal was finalized last week and the Reconstruction Promotion Conference ended today, so as not to affect the deliberations of next year's budget bill and many important bills in the ordinary session of the Diet. I received an offer to resign, and I decided to accept it."
After that, "I decided to appoint Mr. Hiromichi Watanabe, who is a former Minister of Reconstruction and is familiar with the administration of reconstruction, to succeed me. I want to take the lead and do my best," he said.
“I take my own appointment responsibility seriously.”
Prime Minister Kishida told reporters, "Regarding the resignation of the minister, I take my own appointment responsibility very seriously. We must continue to work on the mountain of issues. By fulfilling these political responsibilities, I want to do my duty," he said.
``I'm not thinking about reshuffling the cabinet at the end of the year.''
When asked by reporters about the possibility of reshuffling the Cabinet, Prime Minister Kishida said, "I don't mean that in the future, at least I'm not thinking about reshuffling the cabinet over the year-end and New Year holidays."