Shotaro Kishida, the Japanese prime minister’s eldest son and his father’s executive secretary for political affairs, invited a group of people, including family members, to a New Year’s Eve party at the prime minister’s official residence on Dec. 30.
Photos published by the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun showed Kishida’s son and some relatives posing on a red-carpeted staircase, echoing the group photos taken of newly appointed offices, with the son in the center – the position that was reserved for the prime minister.
Shotaro Kishida, the son of the prime minister, appointed as secretary by his father, held a year-end party at the prime minister’s official residence with his relatives and enjoyed taking pictures in public areas. Photos of him lying on the stairs have gone viral. #JAPANNEWS pic.twitter.com/6WyvMWgUgk
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Other photos showed guests standing on stage as if they were at a press conference.
“As secretary of (the prime minister’s) political affairs, a public office, his actions were inappropriate and I decided to replace him so that he would take responsibility,” Fumio Kishida said on Monday, adding that his son will be replaced on Thursday. by another secretary, Takayoshi Yamamoto.
Kishida appointed his son as policy secretary in October, one of the prime minister’s eight secretary posts.
The appointment, seen as a move to groom him as an heir, has been criticized as nepotism, a common feature of Japanese politics.
Source: DN
