Prime Minister Kishida met with Governor Tamagusuku of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time after taking office, and received a request to secure an Okinawa promotion budget of 300 billion yen even after the 4th year of Reiwa next year.
Prime Minister Kishida met with Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time after taking office at the Prime Minister's Office on the afternoon of the 18th.
Among them, Governor Tamagusuku will set the application period of the new legal measures taken by the government to 10 years in order to continue to work on promotion in response to the deadline of the Okinawa Promotion Special Measures Law etc. at the end of this year. He also requested that the Okinawa promotion budget of 300 billion yen be secured from next year onward.
Prior to this, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno, who is in charge of reducing the burden on the Okinawa base, also met with Governor Tamaki.
After that, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference, "We received a request for the promotion of Okinawa from next year onward. We will continue to consider and adjust the Okinawa promotion budget in the process of formulating the budget. "