経済再生相に後藤氏　岸田首相、山際氏辞任で陳謝―政権立て直し急ぐ、野党攻勢

　岸田文雄首相は２５日、辞任した山際大志郎前経済再生担当相の後任として、８月まで厚生労働相を務めていた自民党の後藤茂之衆院議員（６６）を任命した。後藤氏は皇居での認証式などを経て就任した。政権は世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）の問題で劣勢に立たされており、近く予定する物価高対策の策定などを通じて立て直しを急ぐ考え。野党側は攻勢を強めた。
　首相は２５日、衆院本会議で登壇し、「国会開会中に閣僚が辞任する事態となり、深くおわびする」と陳謝。「任命責任を重く受け止めている」と述べた。
　首相の登壇は、感染症法改正案の同日審議入りを認める条件として野党が要求。首相に続いて発言した立憲民主党の逢坂誠二代表代行は「今回の混乱は山際氏更迭を決められない首相が引き起こしたものだ」と断じた。（2022/10/25-19:42）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday appointed former health minister Shigeyuki Goto as his new economic revitalization minister, after the predecessor, Daishiro Yamagiwa, resigned the previous day.
   Goto, 66, officially took office after an appointment ceremony at the Imperial Palace the same day.
   At a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives, Kishida "deeply" apologized for Yamagiwa's resignation while a parliamentary session was ongoing. "I take my responsibility as (Yamagiwa's) appointer very seriously," he said.
   Kishida was speaking about the matter in the Diet, as requested by the opposition camp as a condition for accepting the start the same day of deliberations on a bill to revise the infectious disease control law.
   At the Lower House meeting, Seiji Osaka, acting chief of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, argued, "This confusion was caused by the prime minister himself who could not decide to dismiss Yamagiwa."