KDP’s Tamaki questions Prime Minister Takaichi’s “cut-throat” stance: “He should be paid what he should be paid.

　Yuichiro Tamaki, representative of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), updated his X (formerly Twitter) on April 2, and suggested to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that she should “receive the appropriate salary with dignity. Photo: Mr. Takaichi smiling with a drum stick in his hand. Mr. Tamaki quoted a news article titled, “Cabinet members’ salaries ‘cut themselves to the bone’ in Ishin awareness, PM Takaichi to cut 1.15 million yen per month. The article states that Prime Minister Takaichi plans to cut his own and his ministers’ salaries, which in his case will be reduced by 1.15 million yen per month. In response, Tamaki said flatly, “You don’t have to do this anymore.” Tamaki stated firmly, “You don’t have to do this anymore. Since he has worked so hard, Takaichi should be paid what he should be paid,” Tamaki said. If it is a fair amount, he should receive it properly. I hope that the Takaichi administration will not engage in a salary-cutting battle, full of deflationary sentiment,” he said. He said that the Takaichi administration should not take the stance of “everyone should be patient with their salaries. Instead, I want them to work desperately on a growth strategy that will blow up the salaries of the Japanese people,” he said. He suggested a different direction. (Yorozu-News editorial department)