Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday dismissed an executive secretary for making discriminatory remarks regarding the LGBT community and the issue of same-sex marriage.
"I take [what Masayoshi Arai] said very seriously and decided to remove him from his position," Kishida told reporters Saturday afternoon in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, during an inspection tour.
Speaking earlier on Saturday morning at the prime minister's official residence, Kishida said, "His flagrant comments totally conflict with my administration's policies."
