TOKYO (TR) – Education minister Yohei Matsumoto, a member of the House of Representatives, this week repeatedly declined to touch upon a report revealing his affair with a married lady, reviews the Asahi Shimbun (Mar. 18).
In the report revealed by weekly Shukan Bunshun final week, Matsumoto, who can also be married, started the affair with the lady about six years in the past. During that point, he engaged in secret conferences together with her in love lodges and his residence within the House of Representatives constructing.
At a Senate Budget Committee assembly on Thursday, Matsumoto mentioned, “I would like to sincerely apologize for the great trouble I have caused. I am truly sorry.”
However, he additionally repeatedly said that he would “refrain from commenting on specific details as it involves another party.”
Matsumoto was elected to the House of Representatives for the seventh time at this yr’s election. He first joined the cupboard as training minister within the Sanae Takaichi administration that took workplace final fall.
Due to his lack of responses on the Senate Budget Committee assembly, the House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture, Science and Technology, scheduled for Thursday, was canceled.