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A rice remark cost Japan's agriculture minister his job amid a price crisis that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government is grappling with.

Japan's Agriculture Minister Taku Eto announced his resignation on Wednesday following backlash over an inappropriate comment about rice.

Eto came under fire earlier this week after stating that he had "never had to buy rice" because supporters gave it to him, a remark that sparked public outrage amid a national rice shortage and soaring prices.

Rice is a staple food in Japan, and Eto's comment struck a nerve in a country where retail rice prices have doubled since last year.

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Refreshing to see shame still mean something, eh?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shame culture vs guilt culture

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I prefer guilt over shame, but these days I'd take any of them over nothing.

[–] gradual 1 points 1 week ago

I think as time goes on, we'll find that Japanese culture is not nearly as compatible with the West as we once thought.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had read the headline three times before I realized there was no rice giraffe involved.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 week ago

But I thought a nice giraffe was pretty reasonable.

[–] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Accountability to their constituents. Principles. Consequences.

This is the way.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Decades of politicians being shamed into resigning over a single sentence, rather than policy or outcomes, has left my country with politicians who speak in riddles so bland they never commit or say anything.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Still better than politicians who don't resign over anything but still speak in riddles and never commit to anything good.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

It certainly seems so. Particularly in a western "liberal" democracy.