Japanese Prime Minister Shigeri Ishiba has apologized for the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, who made inappropriate comments about rice in the context of high prices for basic food.
"It is very problematic that such statements were made when consumers were extremely angry and worried," Kyodo quotes the Prime Minister as saying. Ishiba apologizes to its subordination, emphasizing that in the near future he will meet with him in the near future, the explanation of the current situation from Eto personally.
Speaking for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Taku Ido joked for the weekend that he did not go to white rice, because his family gets it so much.
These words have been sharply criticized in the Japanese side of social networks. Commenting on the situation to the situation, it noted that it was wrong.
"I wanted to make a statement, to encourage people to buy more brown rice, but I was wrong, I am too sorry that my incorrectly formulated statements made a lot of noise," he added.
