Mr. Kozo Yamamoto, chairman of the lower house disaster countermeasures special committee, January 20, 13:00

Liberal Democratic Party Kozo Yamamoto, former Minister for Regional Revitalization, has been elected as the new chairman of the lower house for disaster preparedness.

On the 20th, when the Diet was convened, a special committee on disaster management in the lower house was convened.

The former Liberal Democratic Party's former Minister of the Environment, Mr. Yoshio Mochizuki, died last month.