According to the Global Times, citing the Japanese Economic News on February 1, Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Asako suddenly skipped a scheduled program on Japan's NHK public broadcasting service on the morning of the same day. The program cited the Liberal Democratic Party's statement that "the prime minister injured her arm during a street campaign on the previous day and is currently receiving treatment," hence she could not attend as scheduled.
Currently, it is a critical time for political parties in Japan to campaign for votes. On January 19, Hashimoto Asako held a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office, announcing that she would officially dissolve the House of Representatives on January 23 and hold the election on February 8.
On January 27 local time, Hashimoto Asako (center) participated in a Japanese general election campaign. Source: Visual China
The report said that Hashimoto's absence has raised doubts from the opposition party. Daishima Akiko, leader of the WAKEN party, said during the program that she had originally planned to directly ask Hashimoto whether she had ever accepted political donations from the "World Peace Church" (formerly the Unification Church).
According to previous disclosures by Yonhap News Agency and the Japanese Weekly Bunshun, an internal document of the Unification Church titled "Special Report of the True Mother" detailed the involvement of this cult organization in Japanese politics and elections, mentioning the current Japanese Prime Minister Hashimoto Asako as many as 32 times.
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