Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura on Friday criticized Consumer Affairs Minister Kenji Yamaoka for his "hugely inappropriate" comments on the potential collapse of the euro and China's economic situation.

Yamaoka's remarks could easily be misconstrued and for a person in his position were decidedly inappropriate,said Japan's top government spokesperson.

"We have little choice but to consider his remarks inappropriate as they could lead to misinterpretation," Fujimura added.

At a recent meeting of Cabinet Office executives, Yamaoka was quoted as saying that he believes the euro was likely to crash and China's economic bubble burst.

"Personally, I think the euro may collapse. In such an eventuality, the economic bubble in China might burst too," Yamaoka said while failing to justify his comments and the reasoning behind them.

Fynunyra noted that Yamaoka's remarks were made despite tireless efforts by officials and institutions in Europe and China to address the economic concern of the world as well as their respective countries and rolling out new policies and measures to avoid such worst case scenarios.

As Europe struggled with its sovereign debt woes and China tried to keep inflation in check and ensure stability in the region, Yamaoka's comments were insensitive, unwarranted and wholly unacceptable,Fujimura said.

Tadamori Oshima, vice president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, also slammed Yamaoka, saying his remarks were utterly insensitive and served only to create unnecessary anxiety.

Oshima said Yamaoka's recent ineptitude shows he is not the right person for the post of consumer affairs minister.

Yamaoka has recently been slapped with a censure motion by Japan's upper house of parliament for repeatedly making disreputable comments on multilevel marketing schemes and for being involved with shady organizations that promoted pyramid sales -- the latest saga in a long string of scandals involving politicians' extra curricular activities and back room dealings.

Some analystst predicted Prime Minister Noda will almost certainly have to remove Yamaoka from his post or risk further backlash from the opposition bloc as Noda is facing a potential boycott from opposition parties of upcoming Diet deliberations on a key tax hike policy.

Noda's highly-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle will also likely see Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa replaced over his spat of gaffes about U.S. Marines being in Okinawa Prefecture, when an increasingly fractured DPJ is grappling to avoid a political implosion, as the oppositions have tried to force Noda into dissolving the lower house and calling a snap election,they said.