Japanese vice minister resigns over tax scandal in another setback for Kishida’s unpopular Cabinet
Associated PressTOKYO — A Japanese vice finance minister stepped down on Monday, amid criticism from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet, after admitting his company’s repeated failures to pay taxes, a further setback to Kishida’s unpopular government. Deputy Finance Minister Kenji Kanda, in charge of government bonds and monetary policy, is the third member of Kishida’s Cabinet to resign within two months following a Cabinet shuffle in September. “I’m determined to concentrate on our work more seriously, as I believe that’s the only way to regain the people’s trust.” Kanda, a tax accountant-turned-lawmaker, admitted that land and property belonging to his company was seized by the authorities four times between 2013 and 2022 after failures to pay fixed asset taxes, in response to a weekly magazine article that revealed the case earlier this month. Kishida was slow to respond and his party initially was also resistant to opposition attacks, but they apparently shifted toward Kanda’s resignation because of the widening criticism, Japanese media reported.
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