Nor apologies to the woman did not help, the minister had to resign because of rice

Japanese minister Such an etho These days, he has experienced what a fist of rice means on his skin. It was not really a fist of rice, but for much larger quantities of this for the Japanese, extremely important foods. This weekend, he said rather recklessly that he had never bought rice himself, as supporters donate him so much that he could sell him so much.

The statement caused a real turmoil in Japanese society. Due to the lack of rice, the prices of this food increased in this distant country, last month they were almost twice as high as April 2024. The average price of rice sold in supermarkets was reached in May 11.

Due to the crisis, the government was forced to release some of its urgent supplies of this basic food to lower prices, but for now unsuccessful, writes BBC. For the first time since a quarter of a century, Japan also imported rice from South Korea. There are several factors to the lack of this food, including the bad harvest due to the hot weather in 2023 and the panic shopping, which was encouraged by the 2024 megapotres warning. The stock was also accumulated by wholesale and distributors.

Thus, with his statement, Eto drove into the wound of the nation. He tried to correct the mistake, apologized to the public for going too far, sympathizing with consumer distress, but did not help. As he confessed, he made his entire wife angry. « She told me she was buying rice when she ran out of donated, » he said. « Our family does not just live from the rice we get as a gift, » he said.

Yesterday – after the opposition threatened the government with distrust – gave a resignation statement. « I wondered if it was appropriate to stay at the helm (agricultural ministry) at a time when rice prices were critically high and found that it was not, » he said, reported by a news agency Kyodo. « I apologize to people again for giving extremely inappropriate comments as a minister while fighting rising rice. »

He was named by the Minister of Agriculture as a successor to the Minister of Agriculture, Sinžira Koizumi, the former Minister of the Environment and son of the popular former Prime Minister Junicir Koizumi. Photo: Issei Kato/Reuters

His resignation is as reported Guardianfurther increased the pressure on minority government The sciatica shigerianswho has not been able to curb rice rice prices before the Julian elections to the Upper House of Parliament and eliminate the wider crisis of living costs, which raised voters.

In a recent survey, as many as 87 percent of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the management of the government regarding rice prices, and the sciatica cabinet estimates dropped to the lowest level since his appearance in October last year.

He appointed the successor to the Minister of Agriculture Shinjuizes Koizumithe former Minister of the Environment and Son of the popular former premiere Junizes Koizumi.

In the past, the lack of rice in Japan has caused political turmoil. In 1918, the unrest due to rising rice prices was even collapsed by the government, reported BBC.