
文春オンラインなどは30日、自民党の簗和生農林水産相が地元栃木県での懇親会で、首長の対応への不満から「2市町の道路予算は大幅にカットした」と発言したと報じた。木原官房長官は関係省庁で調査中と述べた。
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文春オンラインなどは、簗農水相が就任前の5月に地元・栃木県で開いた自民党支部の懇親会での発言を報じた。
文春オンラインなどは30日、自民党の簗和生農林水産相が就任前の5月に地元・栃木県で開かれた同党支部の懇親会で「(同県)那須烏山市と那珂川町の2026年度の道路予算は大幅にカットした」と発言したと報じた。木原稔官房長官は記者会見で、取材を受けたと簗氏から報告があったと明らかにした上で、「事実の有無を含め、関係省庁で調査中だ」と語った。
自民「政治とカネ」再燃警戒 「裏金」初入閣、野党追及へ―高市政権
簗氏は福島市内で記者団に「報道を見ていないのでコメントのしようがない」と述べ、説明を避けた。
文春オンラインによると、簗氏は懇親会で、予算カットの理由について「首長が(衆院選で)自民党の国会議員は要らないという行動を取った」と説明。二つの自治体での自身の得票数に不満があったとも語った。「私が選挙区からいなくなったら完全に予算が切られる」とも発言したという。
簗氏は2月の衆院選で、無所属候補に敗れ、比例代表で復活当選した。「デイリー新潮」も同様の発言を報じている。
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関係省庁による事実関係の調査
Very likely · Within days

At its central secretariat meeting on the 30th, the Komeito Party informally decided to appoint Mitsunari Okamoto, former chairman of the Policy Research Council, as its new representative. He will be officially inaugurated at the regular party convention on October 3rd. As the successor to Representative Toshiko Takeya, she is poised to quickly reform the system and rebuild the party.

On the 29th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications charged an unnamed city employee with Toyama Prefectural Police on suspicion of violating the Statistics Act, alleging that Toyama City inflated the city's population by at least 2,000 people in the 2025 census. Mayor Hirohisa Fujii apologized and denied that the number had been increased to keep the number below 400,000.

As AI companies hold safety standards meetings and introduce internal control systems, the US president signs AI-related documents and an executive order ordering the use of SI. In Japan, the total population will be 122,972,528 in the 2025 census, a decrease of 3.17 million people from the previous survey, and it was reported that former Foreign Minister Iwaya and China's vice prime minister had a meeting and made remarks on the North Korean issue.

Former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited Beijing and met with Vice Premier He Lifeng and Communist Party Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The Chinese side has indicated that improving relations is conditioned on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's response regarding the Taiwanese crisis to be corrected, and has signaled its desire to improve relations through dialogue with friendly groups. Mr. Takaichi's attendance at the APEC summit meeting in November is attracting attention.

Former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with Vice Premier He Lifeng and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to Beijing. The Chinese side responded with generous treatment and indicated that a condition for improving relations would be a ``correction'' of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's response to the Taiwan crisis. In anticipation of Takaichi's attendance at the APEC summit in November, attention will be focused on the Xi Jinping administration's intentions toward dialogue with Japan.

On the 29th, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announced that an extraordinary Diet session would be convened on October 5th, and that the session would last for 69 days, ending on December 12th. This is expected to be the first full-scale debate since the cabinet reshuffle, with the ruling and opposition parties expected to engage in fierce battles over bills related to the consumption tax cut on food items and a bill to reduce the number of members of the House of Representatives. Opposition parties have demanded thorough deliberations, and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has emphasized that results will be achieved through legislation that is more familiar to the people.