Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi tweeted to criticize Japanese Cabinet head Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for her tax hike plans.
“When companies raise wages and invest, money goes into circulation. [в экономике]and as a result tax revenues increase. We have time to think carefully about sources of defense finance by monitoring the economic situation. I do not understand the real intentions of the prime minister, whose statements are now disrupting the mood of companies to raise wages,” Takaichi writes.
He was one of Kishida’s opponents in the last prime ministerial election, and although he was also a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Takaichi held positions close to the late Shinzo Abe – he is considered one of the “hawks”. ranks of LDPJ. Takaichi also criticized Kishida for not inviting him to a meeting where the issue of defense funding sources was discussed.
It was previously known that only 6% of Japanese considered Fumio Kishida suitable for the post of prime minister.