Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary (Excerpt)

Opening Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga

• A meeting of the Reconstruction Promotion Council

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY SUGA:

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Regarding the Reconstruction Promotion Council, today, the Reconstruction Promotion Council convened a meeting, and a review of the reconstruction funding framework was decided. In addition, Minister Nemoto delivered a report regarding the initiatives for the time being for the acceleration of reconstruction, etc., about which the Prime Minister gave instructions at the previous meeting (January 10). The Prime Minister instructed that the initiatives to accelerate reconstruction proceed in concrete terms under the leadership of the Minister for Reconstruction based on the "Fukushima-Tokyo dual headquarter system."

At the Cabinet meeting, it was decided that Mr. Masahiro Nakajima, Director-General of the Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, will replace Mr. Yukiyoshi Minehisa, Vice-Minister of the Reconstruction Agency, who will be leaving his post effective February 1. Effective February 1, Mr. Minehisa will be appointed to the position of Special Advisor to the Cabinet and will contribute to the local response to make progress on the dual headquarter system in order to thoroughly ensure a "hands-on approach" for reconstruction. Minister Nemoto will be announcing the details separately.

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Q&As

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