According to a report by Japan's Jiji Press on October 8, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at the Diet on the same day that she had “severely criticized” Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yanai's “inappropriate remarks,” but she will not replace them. According to reports, Kazuo Yanai entered the cabinet on September 17 when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was reshuffling the cabinet and served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for just over half a month. Japanese media broke the news on September 30 that Kazuo Yana advocated at a rally in May that he “drastically cut” the road budgets of Nasukarasuyama City and Nakagawa Town in Tochigi Prefecture for the current fiscal year. Both of these places are within the Yanhe constituency, but they did not support them in the February House of Representatives election. Kazuo Yanai lost in the election, but was eventually “revived” through the proportional representation system to win the election. Kazuo Yana claims that since Nasukarasuyama City and Nakagawa Town think they “don't need members of the Liberal Democratic Party parliament,” then they can't use “the budget I have won.” Remarks relating to Kazuo Yanai were strongly criticized by the political community and public opinion. Some opposition parties asked him to resign and hold Takaichi responsible for his employment.

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