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The new, now former Minister of Trade, Isshu Sugawara, resigned due to violation of the election law. (Image via The Straits Times)
Japan's trade minister resigns over election law violation
On Friday, Japan’s Minister of Trade, Isshu Sugawara (57), resigned from his position after only a month of duty. Sugawara resigned due to an allegation of an election law violation. The former Trade Minister stated that he had submitted his resignation letter to the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.His post will be succeeded by former regional revitalization minister, Hiroshi Kajiyama. Sugawara was appointed by Abe in September to succeed Hiroshige Seko for the fourth cabinet’s reshuffle and is known close to the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga.
The allegation emerged on Thursday when a Japanese weekly tabloid, Shukan Bunshun, revealed that Sugawara’s secretary gave certain items to a deceased supporter member in Tokyo under the name of the former Trade Minister.
It is against the law for a politician to offer gifts to an individual. If proven guilty, the guilty politician will be fined ¥500,000.
The gifts ran from “incense money” ¥20,000 to other materials such as royal jelly, honey, oranges, and roe. Not only the recent matters but Shukan Bunshun also revealed certain misconducts done by Sugawara such as verbal abuse and giving certain gifts such as expensive melon and seafood.
The opposition party pressed Sugawara to resign from the post. Jun Azumi, the Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, stated that if Sugawara had refused to comply, the opposition forces would boycott parliamentary sessions at the Upper and Lower Houses.
Sugawara said that he resigns from the position so that the Japanese government does not have to be disrupted by the case. He admitted that he gave the “incense money” to the bereaved family, yet he wanted to check whether it breached the law or not.
Japanese politicians are prone to illegal gifts giving and donations. In 2000, a member of House of Representatives, Itsunori Onodera, also resigned due to distributing incense sticks.
In 2018, a similar case almost made the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Toshimitsu Motegi. Motegi allegedly distributed incense sticks to his supporters as well. However, Motegi bashed the allegations, claiming that his secretary was the one distributing it but not under his command.
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