The Democratic Party of Japan appears to have identified the Cabinet's three newly appointed female members as a weak point of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The DPJ's new line of attack takes aim at the Justice Minister Midori Matsushima, minister in charge of female empowerment Haruko Arimura and Eriko Yamatani, chairman of National Public Safety Commission, and questions whether they have backgrounds that are suitable for the positions they hold.
During Tuesday's Upper House Diet session, Matsushima was grilled by Renho, a DPJ lawmaker, over an alleged violation of the election campaign law.