10月8日，农林水产大臣谷垣祯一出席东京众议院全体会议。| 共同社 记者埃里克·约翰斯顿 2026年10月8日 周四，日本首相高市早苗在国会继续回避关于农林水产大臣谷垣祯一的质询，当时在野党议员要求就其颇具争议的削减预算言论展开调查。
Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana attends an Upper House plenary session in Tokyo on Thursday. | JIJI By Eric Johnston STAFF WRITER Oct 8, 2026 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi continued to fend off questions in parliament about agriculture minister Kazuo Yana on Thursday, as opposition lawmakers called for an investigation into his controversial budget cut remarks.
谷垣因声称削减了栃木县两个市镇的公路预算而受到抨击，这两个市镇的领导人曾在选举中拒绝支持他。他随后已道歉并收回了相关言论，但批评声仍未平息。
Yana is under fire for saying he had slashed the road budgets for two Tochigi Prefecture municipalities whose leaders refused to support him during an election. He has since apologized and retracted those remarks, but the criticism continues.
尽管高市承认谷垣的言论不当，但她表示无需进一步调查，并称其获得她的支持。
While Takaichi acknowledged the inappropriateness of Yana’s comments, she said that there was no need for further investigation and that he had her support.