Akita's Aegis Ashore to consider on a zero basis December 3, 17:39
Regarding the deployment plan for the new interceptor missile system “Aegis Ashore”, Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture showed that “the deployment to the Shinya Exercise Area is very impossible”. Represented the idea of considering on a zero basis, including national land.
Governor Satake of Akita Prefecture over the deployment plan for the new interceptor missile system `` Aegis Ashore '' announced to the Minister of Defense on August 2 about the deployment to the Ground Self-Defense Force Shinya Exercise Area in Akita City that the government indicated as a candidate site I showed the idea of applying for "very impossible".
Regarding this, Minister Kono said at the press conference, “It is important to gain the understanding of the local community.
He said, “I would like to conduct a thorough review and consider it on a zero basis,” and in response to a sloppy survey, the government conducted a re-investigation conducted on 20 state-owned lands, including a new-house exercise ground. After steadily doing it, he reiterated his idea of considering candidate sites on a zero basis.