Mr. Kitamura, Director General of National Security Bureau, confirms the importance of the US-Aide and the Japan-US Alliance

Kitamura Director of National Security Bureau Confirms the importance of the US Assistant to the US-Japan Alliance 12:37 on September 4

Assistant Secretary O'Brien was told that Prime Minister Abe had resigned due to poor physical condition during a telephone conversation between Director Kitamura and U.S. President O'Brien on the phone. We confirmed the importance of cooperation with “comrade countries”.

A telephone conversation between Director Kitamura and the White House's Assistant to President O'Brien, who was in charge of national security matters, took place on the morning of the 4th for about 15 minutes.

In this event, Assistant Secretary O'Brien conveyed his sympathies to Prime Minister Abe's resignation due to his poor physical condition, while Director Kitamura thanked him.

In addition, they will exchange views on the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region and the response to the new coronavirus, and it will be important to cooperate with the Japan-US alliance and "comrades" who share universal values ​​such as democracy. We agreed to confirm the gender and work more closely together.