The Japanese weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported on the 25th that Shotaro Kishida, the eldest son of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (32), a political secretary to the Prime Minister, invited relatives to the Prime Minister’s official residence at the end of last year and held a year-end party. day reported. The Prime Minister’s Residence is a public space where the Prime Minister resides and holds business meetings.
Shukan Bunshun released photos of the year-end party attendees stretching their legs and posing playfully on the steps of the Prime Minister’s residence. The steps of the Prime Minister’s residence are famous as a place where cabinet members wear tailcoats and take commemorative photos when the Japanese cabinet is inaugurated.
When controversy erupted over the use of public space for private purposes, the Japanese government acknowledged the year-end party. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference that day, “I understand that the prime minister gave the secretary (his eldest son) a stern warning. He will carry out his duties with more tension.”
This is not the first time that Shotaro, the eldest son of the prime minister, has acted inappropriately. When Prime Minister Kishida accompanied Prime Minister Kishida on a European tour in January, reports came out that he toured and shopped in Paris, France and London, England, in a government car. When it became known that he had purchased a large number of luxury neckties in Europe, the Japanese government explained that he had bought a “ministry souvenir,” and ministers of major ministries said in a press conference that they had “received the gift.”
After graduating from university, Shotaro worked for a large company, and since 2020 he has worked as a secretary at Prime Minister Kishida’s office and was appointed as the Prime Minister’s secretary for political affairs last year. As the controversy continued, a reporter said at the press conference of the chief cabinet secretary that day, “Isn’t it necessary to take measures to dispose of it, including hardening? (The government’s perception) is not very loose,” he argued.
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Source: Donga
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