Sayuri Kaminishi (42), a former member of the House of Representatives who became known as “Naniwa no Erika-sama” (Erika of Naniwa) and turned into a TV personality, updated her X (formerly Twitter) by the 27th, denying some speculations about the controversial “shouting in the Diet” that occurred during Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first policy speech as prime minister at the plenary session of both houses of the Diet on March 24. The Prime Minister denied the speculation by some that he was “yajacking in the Diet” during his first policy speech as Prime Minister. Photo: Sayuri Kaminishi (from X) The LDP is the minority ruling party in the Diet, but at the beginning of the speech, the LDP supporters cheered and applauded loudly, saying “good job” and “hang in there. The ruling party’s seats shouted, “Quiet! Some of the opposition members shouted, “Be quiet,” and Mr. Takaichi even stopped his speech for a moment. This incident has been the subject of much discussion on social networking sites, and Uenishi commented, “People say that the opposition is noisy when they yell in the Diet, but the ruling party is no different. When I asked a question in the Diet, there was a noisy person from the ruling party who was constantly yelling at me, so I stopped him and glared at him,” she said. If there is no yelling, there will be an increase in the number of legislators falling asleep (laugh). In a subsequent post, he referred to some speculation: “There are rumors that the Rikken has a yaji-unit, but that’s not true. At the most, they would tell the person who yelled, “That was a good yell,” or give them a warning, but this is the same for both the ruling and opposition parties. There are actually some yells that raise awareness,” he explained. “The role of the chairperson is to warn people when they interfere with the proceedings, and the previous chairperson, Mr. Oshima, was firm and restrained,” he recalled.
