Prime Minister instructs on thoroughgoing crisis management during the year-end and New Year holidays Chief Cabinet Secretary waits in Tokyo

Prime Minister Abe said at a Cabinet meeting on the 27th that unprecedented incidents, including natural disasters, from the end of the year to the beginning of the year, as North Korea strengthened its provocative attitude ahead of the end of the year, which is the deadline for denuclearization negotiations. Instructed to be fully prepared for crisis management.

North Korea is increasingly provocative, with unilateral denuclearization negotiations unilaterally set for the end of the year and suggesting that the United States may take some countermeasures if it does not show a breakthrough. You.

Under such circumstances, Prime Minister Abe instructed cabinet ministers on the 27th to prepare for crisis management from the end of the year to the beginning of the year, in preparation for contingencies including natural disasters, at each location.

Based on the instructions of Prime Minister Abe, during the year-end and New Year holidays, Secretary-General Kan Kan will be on standby in Tokyo, and each ministry will have one of the three governmental affairs in Tokyo and each minister will be in an emergency. Contact methods and travel routes are checked in advance in each ministry.