<figure id="attachment_332310" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-332310" style="width: 5568px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="589a7c0d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/09/399dead22bf2b1560d26041a8dc65386.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-332310" class="wp-caption-text">The &#8220;Second Kishida Second Reshuffled Cabinet&#8221; had five female cabinet members. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 On September 15, the Kishida Cabinet decided at a cabinet meeting to appoint 26 vice-ministers and 28 parliamentary secretaries. In contrast to the widely publicized selection of five female ministers (tied for the most ever), there was not a single female member of the Cabinet.
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 In the previous reshuffled cabinet, four deputy ministers and seven parliamentary secretaries were women, but this time there were none.
 In the 2011 edition of the Gender Gap Index (by the World Economic Forum), Japan ranked 125th out of 146 countries, down nine places from the previous year and the lowest ever. Furthermore, in terms of areas, Japan ranks 138th in &#8220;politics,&#8221; which is one of the lowest in the world.
 This is a provocative move, as if to say, &#8220;I don&#8217;t give a damn about that information.
 Businessman Hiroyuki appeared remotely on the webcast &#8220;ABEMA Prime&#8221; and said, &#8220;If a woman is appointed to the post, it will be a good thing for her.
 I think the public perceives that if a woman is appointed, it means that a woman is active in the cabinet, so if there are many ministers, the public will think that the Kishida cabinet is for women.
 But who cares about the number of deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries? In that sense, they are playing a farce, but I think they are good at it by saying that the farce is sufficient.
 I think he is good at it. He also pointed out that Rui Matsukawa and Eriko Imai, who recently came under fire for taking a commemorative photo in front of the Eiffel Tower during a visit to France, have yet to fulfill their accountability.
 He also pointed out that the French government has not yet fulfilled its accountability for Rui Matsukawa and Eriko Imai, who were recently under fire for taking pictures in front of the Eiffel Tower.
 &#8220;If we force the ratio of women to be higher, incompetent people will simply become great, and I wonder what that will mean. I think it goes to the point that if we force the ratio of women to be higher, incompetent people will simply become great.
 He also stated that the problem is not limited to the women&#8217;s bureaus.
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 In addition to the Women&#8217;s Bureau issue, a number of problems have emerged immediately after the cabinet reshuffle and the appointment of party officials.
 On the day of the announcement of the appointment of Yuko Obuchi, a.k.a. Yuko &#8220;Drill Yuko,&#8221; as the head of the election campaign committee, the Weekly Bunshun (a weekly newspaper) took the opportunity to report on allegations of opaque handling of political funds. Obuchi had funneled 14 million yen back to family businesses, and when the political fund issue surfaced in 2002, money was also funneled to a former secretary who was convicted of destroying a computer with a drill as evidence.
 Furthermore, Ayuko Kato, who was selected as the Minister of Children&#8217;s Policy, was immediately reported by Nikkan Gendai for two problems: One was that she had refunded 9 million yen in political funds to her own mother as rent. The other is the receipt of illegal party ticket income. The Kishida Cabinet can only be said to be lax in its physical examinations,&#8221; said a TV news reporter.
 Obuchi&#8217;s father is former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and Kato&#8217;s father is Koichi Kato, who started the &#8220;Kato Rebellion. Both are second-generation Diet members, but their awareness of money is very low. In addition, Masako Mori, an aide to Prime Minister Masako Mori who advocated subsidies for bridal businesses, was found to have received a one million yen donation from a major bridal company.
 The Internet is littered with aliases of female Diet members associated with the issue, such as &#8220;Drill Yuko,&#8221; &#8220;Eiffel Matsukawa,&#8221; and &#8220;Bridal Masako. Prime Minister Kishida must be troubled by the continuing reports of women&#8217;s problems.
 However, there are many male members of the Diet who have also caused problems, including many members who have been linked to the former Unification Church and the suspect, Makoto Akimoto, who was arrested for accepting bribes. Well, there are too many lawmakers of both genders who are motivated by self-interest,&#8221; said a TV station news reporter.
 Either way, we can only hope that there will be as many legislators as possible who will serve the people &#8220;regardless of gender.&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;

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