Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama: “I may have signed the nomination confirmation form. It was thoughtless.”

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama was reported to have signed a ``Recommendation Confirmation'', which was a de facto policy agreement with the former Unification Church, during the last House of Representatives election, and ``Maybe he signed it without reading the contents carefully.'' .It was thoughtless.''

Last time, during the 2021 House of Representatives election, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama was reported to have received a letter of recommendation from a group affiliated with the former Unification Church and received election support. It was reported in the Asahi Shimbun that he had signed a confirmation letter.

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 7th, Minister Moriyama asked whether he had received a letter of recommendation, saying, ``To be honest, I didn't remember until it was reported.However, when I saw the photo, I vaguely remembered that something like this had happened.'' said.

Regarding signing the ``Nomination Confirmation Form,'' he said, ``Local voters asked me to come to the rally.At the end of the rally, they may have suddenly asked me to sign it.'' "No. He may have signed it without reading the details carefully. It was thoughtless."

At a committee meeting on the 7th, a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan called for Minister Moriyama's removal, and in response, Prime Minister Kishida stated, ``Regardless of our past relationship, we currently have no relationship with the organization.'' ``I have appointed him as a prerequisite,'' and once again refused to replace him.

On the other hand, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``We checked with each cabinet member to see if there was any newly discovered fact that they had received election nominations, donations, or other support from the former Unification Church or related organizations, and there were no such cases.'' When Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi was interviewed by a weekly magazine the other day, he reconfirmed the matter and said, "I have heard that he has met with officials from the former Unification Church."