Japan senior vice finance minister to quit over unpaid taxes: sources – The Mainichi

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1. The new Kishida Cabinet is certainly having a lot of scandals and resignations.

   > Kanda’s resignation will follow the departure of two other Cabinet members since Kishida revamped his Cabinet in September. Taro Yamada stepped down as parliamentary vice education minister after it was revealed he had an extramarital affair, while Mito Kakizawa resigned as senior vice minister for justice over an alleged violation of the election law.

2. > “I became busy with national political affairs and the weight of my tax accountant work decreased,” Kanda said in a parliamentary session last week. “Demand letters and other matters were left to the staff at the tax accountant’s office. I was too busy to get involved.”

   One just cannot get the staff, eh?

3. Ohhh the irony

4. he should move to the US and cone work for the republican party

5. I might be wrong but somehow it feels every single party has a lot of people involved in scandals, and these are just the ones that are discovered, which means there are still many many other politicians doing shady shit. But yeah….thats business as usual.

6. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – Nikkei Asia (B): [Japanese senior vice finance minister quits over unpaid taxes](https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japanese-senior-vice-finance-minister-quits-over-unpaid-taxes)
   – Reuters (A+): [Japanese deputy finance minister steps down over tax scandal](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-sack-deputy-finance-minister-over-tax-scandal-nhk-2023-11-13/)
   – news.abs-cbn.com (B+): [Japanese senior vice finance minister quits over unpaid taxes](https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/13/23/japanese-senior-vice-finance-minister-quits-over-unpaid-taxes)
   – Star (D): [Japanese deputy finance minister steps down over tax scandal](https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2023/11/13/japanese-deputy-finance-minister-steps-down-over-tax-scandal)

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