Prime Minister Ishiba’s “distribution of gift certificates” plummets his approval rating.

Successive prime ministers have done it normally as a customary practice.

It’s not against the law. ……

No matter how many excuses he makes, public sentiment does not seem to follow.

The issue of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba handing out 100,000 yen each in gift certificates to 15 new LDP lawmakers caused the approval rating of the administration by newspapers conducted afterward to plummet across the board.

A nationwide poll conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun between March 14 and 16 showed 31%, the lowest since the cabinet was formed last October, and a point drop from the previous survey.

The Mainichi Shimbun’s survey showed a 7-point drop from the previous survey to 23%, and the Cabinet has entered the so-called “resignation crisis level.

In a speech at an LDP meeting held in Tottori City on March 16, Shoji Maidate, a member of the House of Councillors, said that the distribution of gift certificates is “not a matter of the past.

“It is something that successive prime ministers have done as a matter of customary practice,” he said.

Maitate is a member of the Tottori Prefectural Federation of Trade Unions. Mr. Maitate is a member of the Tottori Prefectural Federation of Trade Unions, of which the prime minister is the chairman. The next day, however, he reversed himself,

“The statement was based on misconceptions and speculation, and I retract it,” he reportedly said.

The same day, Prime Minister Ishiba was reported to have made a statement to the House of Councillors. On the same day, Prime Minister Ishiba told the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors

I don’t know whether successive prime ministers have done so or not. I am not in a position to answer that question.

However, as of January 14, the Prime Minister had not made a comment on the matter.

However, as of March 14, Prime Minister Ishiba said

I once received a gift when I was young, but it disappeared into various things from right to left,” he said.

I also remember that I replaced the money with airline tickets at a travel agency in a hotel.

I also remember that I used to exchange them for airline tickets at a hotel travel agency,” he told the Diet. He also mentioned that he had distributed gift certificates in the past, saying, “I can’t count them on two hands.

“I can count them on my two hands and it’s not enough.

He also explained that he had distributed gift certificates in the past, “more or less on two hands.