Akiba is suspected of paying about 14 million yen (about $105,000) to his wife and mother for office rent between 2011 and 2020, between 2011 and 2020. However, the income was not declared.
He is also suspected of violating the law during the election campaign ahead of the elections to the lower house of parliament in October 2021, when he allegedly paid about 200 thousand yen (about $ 1.4 thousand) to his secretaries, whose work is paid by the state.
Instead of Akiba, Hiromichi Watanabe , who previously headed this department, claims to be the Minister of Reconstruction .
It is reported that the decision to resign Akiba is associated with the government's intention to ensure the normal functioning of parliament after the next session is convened in January next year. In December, at the end of the extraordinary parliamentary session, during the meetings, the opposition spent hours demanding explanations from the minister himself and Kishida in connection with the violations. There were fears in the government that if Akiba retained his post, the opposition would continue interrogations in parliament, effectively blocking his work.
Prior to Akiba, Economic Reconstruction Minister Daishiro Yamagiva , Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi , and Minister of Administrative Affairs and Communications Minoru Terada left their posts due to suspicions of financial impropriety, ties to the controversial Unification Church religious organization, and inappropriate statements .
The series of resignations took place against the backdrop of a fall in the ratings of the Japanese government, which has been going on since the summer, when the ties of the deputies of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party with the Unification Church, which was indirectly involved in the situation with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , were revealed . According to public opinion polls, the level of support for the government is in the "danger line" area of 30%.
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