At a private gathering in his home constituency in Hiroshima Prefecture Japan's justice minister, Minoru Yanagida, has allegedly claimed that his job is easy and that he has no idea how he got it. Yanagida told supporters that he only needs to remember two phrases in parliament: "I won't comment on individual cases" and "I'm acting in accordance with the law and the evidence." He said that he uses the no comment phrase whenever "I [he] don't understand." Japan's prime minister Naoto Kan has given Yanagida a stern warning for his gaffe. However, opposition forces who claim that the gaffe makes light of parlimantery affairs are calling for Yanagida to quit over his remarks. This is just another in a series of headaches for Japan's prime minister, as his government's popularity has fallen under criticism of his handling of Japan's territorial rows with China and Russia.
Story at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11786353
By:Szymon Kesek
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