Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suddenly left the Prime Minister's residence late at night! What's going on?

Japanese Public Broadcasting Association (NHK) website reported that due to the failure of the Prime minister's residence, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio suddenly left the Prime minister's residence late at night on November 23, and temporarily stayed in a nearby hotel. Japanese media such as the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun have also made relevant reports, attracting attention.

Reports said that on the evening of the same day, Kishida Fumio went to the Imperial Palace to participate in the "new taste festival" presided over by the emperor, and returned to the Prime minister's residence at 8 p.m., but after about an hour and a half, he suddenly left the Prime Minister's residence and temporarily went to a nearby hotel to check in.

NHK, citing Japanese government officials, reported that the Japanese prime minister's residence living space equipment had problems and needed to be repaired, so the prime minister decided to stay in a hotel.

As for the specific reason, a source close to the prime minister explained, "It is because of a malfunction in the public residence, and for security reasons, I cannot be more specific."

This statement caused a variety of speculation on the Japanese Internet, such as the discovery of traces of outsiders, received explosion threats, sudden power outages and so on.

According to public information, the Japanese Prime Minister's official residence is adjacent to the Prime Minister's official residence, which belongs to the same compound and is located in Nagata Machi, Chiyoda District, Tokyo. Among them, the official residence is the main workplace of the Japanese prime minister, while the public residence is the place where the Japanese Prime Minister lives. In 2002, the new Prime minister's official residence was built, replacing the old one built in 1929.

Reported that this is also the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in December 2012, the cabinet support rate fell below 30% for the first time, hitting a new low.

On the other hand, the disapproval rating for the Kishida Cabinet rose 13% from the previous survey to 62%. Among the reasons for not supporting it, "no expectations for the policies (of the Kishida Cabinet)" accounted for the most, followed by "no trust in Kishida" and "Kishida's lack of leadership".

According to the Beijing News, in September, Kishida significantly reshuffled the Cabinet and reshuffled the senior personnel of the Liberal Democratic Party. However, just over a month later, the cabinet members suffered a series of accidents.

On October 26, after Taro Yamada, a Liberal Democratic Party senator and political secretary of the Japanese Ministry of Education and science, was forced to resign from his post after an extramarital affair scandal, Fumio Kishida admitted to the existence of "appointment responsibility" in the Diet.

On October 31, Japan's Deputy Justice Minister Mito Shizawa resigned for alleged violations of the public office election law. Yayoi Kimura, the mayor of Tokyo's Edo ward, and his team were searched by the Tokyo District Prosecutor's special Investigation Department on suspicion of violating the public office election law. Kshizawa admitted to making suggestions to Kimura about illegal campaigning.

On November 13, Japan's deputy finance minister Kenji Kanda was forced to resign over a tax delinquency scandal. Kanda is a tax agent, but not only his company owes taxes, he also violated the relevant regulations of the industry did not participate in the necessary training. After the story came to light, Kanda once refused to resign, but under pressure, he had to submit his resignation on the 13th. Mr. Kishida apologized again in Parliament.

On November 17, Defense Minister Nobugo Miyake was exposed by the media as sexually harassing female subordinates, and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara asked Miyake to explain the situation.

Kishida cabinet members have suffered a series of accidents, so that many people have lost confidence. The opposition camp called for a review of the suitability of all vice ministers and political secretaries, and to hold Kishida accountable.

According to CCTV Global information broadcast, according to Japan's "Daily News" reported on September 17, the media conducted a national opinion poll on September 16 and September 17, 51% of respondents hope that Prime Minister Kishida Fumio "resign early", only 25% of respondents said that they hope that Kishida will govern until the Liberal Democratic Party president election in September next year.

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