Kishi Defense Minister Tamaki Okinawa Governor and Today's Meeting To appeal for the need to relocate the base October 22, 4:12
Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi, who is visiting Okinawa for the first time since taking office, met with Governor Tamaki on the 22nd, appealing for the need to relocate the U.S. military Futenma base to Henoko, Nago City, and plans to work to reduce the burden on Okinawa. I will explain it.
Minister of Defense Kishi is visiting Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since he took office for two days from the 21st.
On the 22nd, after visiting the U.S. military Futenma base and Henoko, Nago City, where reclamation work is underway as a relocation destination, we plan to meet with Governor Tamaki at the Okinawa Prefectural Office in the evening.
When Governor Tamaki visited the Ministry of Defense earlier, he told Minister Kishi that the relocation of the base to Henoko, Nago City would not be understood by the citizens of the prefecture, and that he would like to cancel the relocation work, close the Futenma base, and return it. ..
For this reason, Minister Kishi will appeal at the meeting that the security environment surrounding Japan is becoming harsher and that it is necessary to relocate the base, and will repeatedly explain the idea of working to reduce the burden on Okinawa, which will be an opportunity to deepen mutual understanding. It's an idea.