Request for US military personnel to stay at the base during the Japan-US joint training in Miyazaki October 19, 23:07
During the Japan-US joint training that begins this month in Miyazaki Prefecture, USFJ military personnel are planning to stay at a hotel in Miyazaki City.
The prefecture and city were strongly opposed to the plan, and on the 19th, they requested the Ministry of Defense to stay in the base as before, but the answer was "very difficult".
During the Japan-US joint training held at the Air Self-Defense Force Nittahara Base in Shintomi Town, Miyazaki Prefecture from the 26th of this month to the 5th of next month, most of the approximately 200 U.S. Forces Japan soldiers who participated in the training were hotels in Miyazaki City. I plan to stay at.
Regarding this, Governor Kono of Miyazaki Prefecture visited the Ministry of Defense on the afternoon of the 19th and handed a request to the State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama to stay at the base as before.
In response, Deputy Minister Nakayama explained that only military personnel who had undergone a PCR test for the new coronavirus and were confirmed to be negative would participate in the training, and said that they were taking strict infection prevention measures.
As a general rule, Japanese domestic law does not apply to US military personnel in public affairs, and in Okinawa Prefecture, there are issues such as difficulty in investigating when an infection is found.
After a private discussion, Governor Kono responded to the interview, saying, "We negotiated, but it was very difficult to stay at the base. We said that we were very cautious about infections." Said.
While the locals strongly opposed the plan, about 50 US military advance teams began staying at hotels in Miyazaki City on the 19th.