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Political News(2024/01/03)


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Noto Peninsula Earthquake “National and local governments provide support by strengthening liaison system” Prime Minister Kishida

2024-01-03 22:08:00
In response to this major earthquake, Prime Minister Kishida instructed Defense Minister Kihara to have the Self-Defense Forces ascertain the need for relief supplies at each evacuation center, transport and provide them, and dispatch national officials to affected local governments. We have announced that we will strengthen our communication system.

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Power outage in Ishikawa Prefecture “Recovery is expected to take time” Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito

2024-01-03 16:06:00
In response to this earthquake, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito held a press conference on the afternoon of the 3rd and predicted that it would still take some time for the power outage in Ishikawa Prefecture to be restored.

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Ritsumeikan task force meeting confirms that relief supplies will be sent to disaster-stricken areas

2024-01-03 15:43:00
In response to the recent earthquake, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan held a task force meeting at party headquarters on the morning of the 3rd, attended by Representative Izumi, Secretary General Okada, and others.

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Prime Minister Kishida: “A race against time. Putting human lives first and giving our all to rescue and rescue operations.”

2024-01-03 11:34:00
At the government's Emergency Disaster Control Headquarters in response to the earthquake, Prime Minister Kishida stated, ``More than 40 hours have passed since the disaster struck, and we are now in a race against time,'' and instructed them to respond with human lives first. Did. He also pointed out that evacuations could be prolonged and called for all efforts to secure supplies and restore infrastructure.

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Prime Minister Kishida's response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake: ``Policy of putting human life first, doing our best to rescue''

2024-01-03 05:43:00
In response to the earthquake whose epicenter was in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, the government will hold an ``emergency disaster response headquarters'' on the 3rd to share information and discuss responses. Prime Minister Kishida believes that there are many victims who were caught up in the collapse of buildings, and plans to do everything in their power to rescue them.

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