Political News(2024/02/17)
Defense Minister Kihara and Governor Tamaki agree to continue dialogue as base relocation gap remains unfilled
2024-02-17 20:49:00
Minister of Defense Kihara, who is visiting Okinawa Prefecture, met with Governor Tamaki. In order to return the U.S. military base Futenma as soon as possible, Governor Tamaki expressed his intention to proceed with the relocation work in Henoko, Nago City, but Governor Tamaki called for it to be cancelled, and the gap in opinion remained unresolved. However, both sides agreed to continue dialogue in the future.
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Defense Minister Kihara meets with mayors of 11 Okinawa municipalities to steadily implement return of US military facilities
2024-02-17 18:40:00
Minister of Defense Kihara met with representatives of local governments that host U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, where he visited, and stated that reducing the burden on bases is one of the administration's most important issues, and proposed plans to move forward with the relocation of Futenma Air Base and other measures from Kadena Air Base. He expressed his intention to steadily implement a plan to return U.S. military facilities in the south.
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Representative Izumi Ritmin: “The Liberal Democratic Party asks 51 members to confirm their intention to attend the political ethics committee.”
2024-02-17 18:38:00
In response to the issue surrounding the political funding party of a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, Izumi, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, announced that the Liberal Democratic Party would ask the 51 members of the House of Representatives who were the subject of the party's hearings to decide whether or not to attend the Political Ethics Committee. We requested that a review meeting be held as soon as possible to confirm the matter.
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Defense Minister Kihara meets with mayors of 11 Okinawa municipalities to steadily implement return of US military facilities
2024-02-17 18:00:00
Minister of Defense Kihara met with representatives of local governments that host U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture, where he visited, and stated that reducing the burden on bases is one of the administration's most important issues, and proposed plans to move forward with the relocation of Futenma Air Base and other measures from Kadena Air Base. He expressed his intention to steadily implement a plan to return U.S. military facilities in the south.
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Liberal Democratic Party Election Committee Chairman Obuchi: ``Consideration of holding a Political Ethics Commission; scrutiny from the public''
2024-02-17 16:14:00
LDP Election Committee Chairman Obuchi said that the Diet is considering holding a political ethics review committee in response to issues surrounding factional political funding parties, and that the LDP was once in power when it lost power. Similarly, he stressed that he would reflect on the harsh scrutiny he was receiving from the public and would work on managing the party.
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Prime Minister Kishida will make arrangements to visit disaster-stricken areas in Ishikawa Prefecture again on the 24th.
2024-02-17 06:49:00
Regarding the response to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Prime Minister Kishida is making arrangements to visit the affected areas again on the 24th of this month in order to hear directly and understand the challenges of recovery and reconstruction.
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“Japan-Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Promotion Council” draft joint statement revealed
2024-02-17 05:57:00
On the 19th, a draft joint statement to be compiled by the leaders at a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine to be held in Tokyo was revealed. Japan has announced its policy to continue supporting Ukraine at every stage, from initial emergency recovery to economic recovery.
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House of Representatives Political Ethics Committee Liberal Democratic Party makes adjustments to accommodate requests from opposition parties
2024-02-17 05:54:00
In response to the issue surrounding political funding parties by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, the opposition party requested that all 51 members of the House of Representatives from the Abe and Nikai factions, who were the subject of interviews by the party, attend the Political Ethics Committee. The Liberal Democratic Party has begun making adjustments to accommodate the holding of the meeting, including proceeding with the selection of members to attend.
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