农相簗和生周三在国会质询期间发言。| JIJI 作者：埃里克·约翰斯顿 职员记者 2026年10月14日周三，农相簗和生的政治前途悬于一线，因为人们越来越施压，要求他对1月份的一场活动中为何向其支持者提供免费接驳巴士作出解释，此举可能违反了竞选法。
Farm minister Kazuo Yana speaks during questioning in parliament on Wednesday. | JIJI By Eric Johnston STAFF WRITER Oct 14, 2026 Agriculture minister Kazuo Yana’s future hung in the balance Wednesday as he faced growing pressure to account for why his supporters were provided with free shuttle buses at a January event, a possible violation of an election campaign law.
关于免费巴士服务的爆料，是在簗和生因5月份向支持者发表关于削减两座城镇道路预算的言论（这两座城镇的市长不支持他）而受到批评之后浮出水面的。
The revelations about the free bus services emerged following criticism of Yana over remarks he made to supporters in May about cutting the road budgets of two towns whose mayors did not support him.
簗和生已就道路预算削减言论道歉并予以撤回。但这场不断扩大的丑闻已演变成首相高市早苗政府的一场政治危机，并可能打乱国会对其希望在12月12日当前会期结束前通过的关键法案的辩论。
Yana has apologized for his remarks about the road budget cuts and retracted them. But the growing scandal has turned into a political crisis for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government that could disrupt parliamentary debate on key bills it wants passed before the current session ends on Dec. 12.