Japanese Agriculture Minister resigned on his inappropriate remarks about buying rice

Tokyo: The Japanese Agriculture Minister resigned on his inappropriate remarks about buying rice on Wednesday as the public struggled with high prices of traditional staple food of the country with high prices. At a party seminar on Sunday in Saga province, Taku Io said he “never had to buy rice” because his supporters always give him grains as a gift. Gaf was seen as insensitive to rice status and Ishiba’s already struggling before the national election in July may cause further problems for the minority government. The ETO told reporters after handing over his resignation to the Prime Minister’s office, “I made a very unfair remarks at a time when consumers were struggling with rice prices.” The ETO said that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba accepted his resignation. “I felt that it is not appropriate for me to live as a head” like the government needed to deal with the challenges of rice price, the ETO said. The ETO apologized to the people and withdrew its comment, saying that he himself buys rice and is not living on rice gifts. Issaba said that he politely accepts criticism as he takes responsibility for the appointment of ETO. Media reports say ETO’s successor will be the popular former Environment Minister Shinjiro Coizhumi. Opposition parties threatened to voluntarily submit no-confidence motion against them to resign by voluntarily resigning by Wednesday afternoon. Demand for Japanese rice has decreased since decades as people have diversity, but rice remains an integral part of a main food and Japanese culture and history. There was a decrease in last August after buying nervousness after a government precaution on preparations for a major earthquake. After the autumn crop, the supply pressure decreased, but early this year again reduced and increased price. Authorities have blamed the lack of supply on poor crop due to hot weather and high fertilizer and other production costs in 2023, but some experts blame the government’s long -term rice production policy. The government released tonnes of rice from its emergency reserves in recent weeks, but the latest Agriculture Ministry data shows that the release has rarely helped in decreasing or low prices. Emergency rice was seen as an attempt to find out the problems of distribution to the unprecedented release from stockpile. The government has denied that there is a shortage of rice now, but officials say that it is a secret why rice is not reaching consumers. Some experts say that this deficiency was so serious.