Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama reiterated whether he received a letter of recommendation from an organization affiliated with the former Unification Church during the last House of Representatives election, saying, ``I am clearly stating that I do not remember.''
At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 13th, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama was asked again whether he had received a letter of recommendation from an organization affiliated with the former Unification Church during the last House of Representatives election, and answered, ``I am clearly stating that I do not remember. That's not to say that my answer is vague or that I'm confused.I don't even remember going to the meeting, and it wasn't until I was shown the photo that I said, ``Maybe something like that happened.'' I explained.
After that, he said, ``I'm holding a mini-assembly, so please come,'' so I handed out simple materials and gave a report on national affairs.I think that when I was about to leave, there was talk about letters of recommendation, but I... I only understand that they went there because they said, ``Please come.''
In addition, regarding the explanation reported in some places by a leader of the cult who said, ``I have met Minister Moriyama more than 10 times and even hugged him,'' he said, ``I was born in the late 1940s, Hugging is something that usually doesn't happen."