Minister of Japan lowered the state budget for the dresses

Serious political passions ran high in the land of the rising sun. The Minister of economy, 1 of the key figures of the government, YUKO Obuchi resigned after she opened her machinations with donations.

Previously mass media spread information that a potential candidate for Prime Minister spending from the state budget. According to the experts, the current state of political Affairs has significantly reduced the rating of the Japanese authorities.

That 40-year-old head of the Ministry of economy, trade and industry resigns, it became known after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He already sanctioned it, according to "bi-Bi-si".

As previously stated, the local media, the scandal broke out due to the fact that during the election campaign YUKO Obuchi rented a concert hall. With all that rents space significantly exceeded the cost of tickets bought her supporters that, under Japanese law, is considered as bribery of voters. In addition, costs partly were not reflected in the final report, and it forces to think seriously about honesty in the conduct of monetary Affairs Minister.

Was able to establish that any support Fund spent almost 35 million dollars to buy dresses and other ladies of the goods in the shopping centers owned by relatives YUKO Obuchi. This event is considered as abuse of authority, and unauthorized use of funds.

Later followed the resignation of another lady in the Japanese government. The Minister of justice Midori, Matsushima accused of corruption. During the election campaign she gave fans with your own photo, which is regarded as bribery of voters with the help of expensive gifts.

Recent actions had a significant impact on the level of support of the government of Shinzo Abe: he fell almost 7 percentage points to 48.1 percent, according to the Agency Kyodo. 84% of Japanese do not feel the regeneration of the economy. 65,9% opposed the increase in consumer taxes to 10% with the fall of the following year, and 60,2% - against the intention of the government to restart stopped after the tragedy at the Fukushima-1 nuclear stations.

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