In response to the problem surrounding the political funding get together of the Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, the Abe faction, former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Shioya Shioya, the chairman of the Abe faction, gave an interview to reporters at his workplace in his hometown of Hamamatsu City, inflicting mistrust in politics. After apologizing for the incident, he said that it was not the fitting time for him to resign as a member of the Diet.