Reconstruction of Shuri Castle Prime Minister “Securing necessary resources and making every effort” November 6, 11:29
In response to a major fire that burned down the main building of Shuri Castle in Naha City, a government-related ministerial meeting was held at the prime minister's official residence. Prime Minister Abe secured the necessary financial resources and Instructed to work together on tourism promotion as well as to make every effort to restore.
At the meeting, reports were given by ministers, and the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Taka City, reported the status of fire damage that had been identified so far. I explained.
And at the end of the meeting, Prime Minister Abe said, “Shuri Castle is an extremely important building that can be said to be a pride of Okinawa. I will do my best as a government, ”he said.
After that, he said, “I want the government to work together to restore and promote measures that respond to local needs, such as tourism promotion,” and instructed the government to make efforts to restore and promote tourism.
In the future, the government will set up a meeting with the directors of relevant ministries and agencies to examine specific measures to restore Shuri Castle.