Intensive deliberations were held in the House of Councilors Budget Committee in the Diet, and discussions were held on issues such as the political funding party of factions of the Liberal Democratic Party and the response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
National Policy Research Council Chairman Otsuka Lifting of negative interest rates Impact on housing loans
Regarding the impact of the Bank of Japan's lifting of the negative interest rate policy on housing loans, Democratic Party of Japan Chairman Otsuka said, ``If interest rates rise and the price of a property falls, it will become impossible to resell it, and if foreign investors start selling the property, it will become impossible to resell it. "We are suddenly in a difficult situation. Shouldn't we consider tax measures?"
In response, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``Although the Governor of the Bank of Japan has expressed the view that he does not expect mortgage interest rates to rise significantly in response to this policy change, we will continue to monitor market trends closely.'' There must be.”
Communist Party leader Yoshio Yamashita over kickbacks from Abe party income
▽ Yoshio Yamashita of the Japanese Communist Party commented on the kickback of party income to members of the Abe faction, saying, ``It is strongly inferred that the ``slush fund system'' was created when former Prime Minister Mori was chairman. Even though he's a key person, why don't you listen to him?''
In response, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``We are conducting additional interviews precisely because the public is paying attention to us with suspicion.'' We have not been able to find out anything directly related to Mr. Mori's statements in previous investigations. However, I would like to continue the necessary listening next week to understand the whole situation."
Prime Minister Kishida: ``We would like to consider conducting additional interviews.''
Regarding the targets of the interviews, he said, ``In the future, we would like to consider conducting additional interviews as necessary to answer various questions while monitoring the situation.At this stage, we have not decided who will be the targets. No,” he said.
Reiwa Yamamoto representative on response to Noto Peninsula earthquake
Regarding the response to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Reiwa Shinsengumi representative Yamamoto said, ``The number one reason why countermeasures are not moving forward is money.I want them to take bold fiscal measures and quickly draw up a supplementary budget.'' I asked for it.
In response, Prime Minister Kishida said, ``In addition to the contingency funds in this year's budget, we have increased the contingency funds in the new fiscal year's budget from 500 billion yen to 1 trillion yen. I want to go,'' he said.
Prime Minister Kishida on constitutional revision
Regarding the constitutional amendment, Prime Minister Kishida stated in his policy speech that he would like to ``implement the amendment during his term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party,'' which he said was a violation of Article 99 of the Constitution, which stipulates the duty of ministers to respect and protect the constitution. In response, he said, ``As president of the Liberal Democratic Party, whose party policy is to revise the constitution, I am determined to do my best during my term, so it is not strange.'' There is no contradiction between this and Article 99, and my view of respecting the Constitution has not changed."