Prime Minister Suga will appear on a commercial TV program on the morning of the 4th, and will confirm at the Japan-US summit meeting on the 16th of this month that he will work toward a solution to the abduction issue by North Korea with the cooperation of the Japan-US alliance. I showed the idea.
Prime Minister Suga appeared on the Fuji TV program "Sunday News THE PRIME" on the morning of the 4th.
Among them, regarding the abduction issue by North Korea, "I think that the United States is the one that General Secretary Kim Jong-un cares most about. The first step is to bring Japan and the United States together to solve the problem. ".
After that, he said, "I would like to confirm that we will proceed with the cooperation of the Japan-US alliance," and at the Japan-US summit meeting to be held in Washington on the 16th of this month, we will work toward a solution with the cooperation of the Japan-US alliance. He showed the idea that he wanted to confirm.
In addition, after the summit meeting, he said, "We would like to have a meeting that Japan and the United States can jointly lead" because the summit meeting on climate change issues hosted by President Biden is coming up later this month.
On the other hand, regarding the addition of target areas for "priority measures such as prevention of spread" such as Tokyo, "We are working while looking at all possibilities, and I think that it is not specific where it is, but if necessary. ".