the Resignation comes after Sakurada hands down an insensitive comment about the victims of the tsunami and earthquake disaster in the country in 2011.
Sakurada said at a political hit to his female party member Hinako Takahashi, who comes from the area hit in 2011 is more important than the structure after the disaster.
” I have accepted his resignation and I want to apologize for the comment, says the country’s prime minister Shinzo Abe, according to the AP.
According to the japanese NHK will Shunichi Suzuki, which was the OS responsible minister in abe’s cabinet, before Sakurada got the post in October, to replace the outgoing minister.