Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is answering questions from reporters regarding countermeasures against the novel coronavirus infection at the Prime Minister’s residence on December 28 last year. Tokyo = AP Yonhap News
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga re-emphasized his willingness to discuss directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to resolve the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea. With regard to the US administration, Joe Biden, which will be launched on the 20th of this month, he expressed his intention to recommend the return of the Pacific Rim Economic Partnership (TPP), which he withdrew from the days of the Donald Trump administration.
Prime Minister Suga said in an interview with right-wing commentator Yoshiko Sakurai, published in the Sankei Shimbun on the 3rd, “I am willing to meet directly with Chairman Kim Jong-un without any conditions.” He said that he followed the policy. In the meantime, he introduced the story of his friendship with former Prime Minister Abe in the process of drafting a port law to ban the entry of North Korean Mangyeongbong Lake in and out of Japan in the early 2000s.
In addition, referring to the death of the victims’ families including Yokota Shigeru, the father of Megumi Yokota, the symbolic figure of the kidnapping victims in Japan, he said, He said, “I’m really sorry,” and “I don’t have time at all. There is no way to defer. I will properly think about what works best.”
Prime Minister Suga also announced his intention to pursue a return to TTP after the inauguration of the Biden administration. He said, “The TPP is a framework originally insisted by President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party like Biden-elect. “It is natural for the United States to return to the TPP.”
However, when Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his intention to participate in the TPP, he said, “The TPP requires very high level of market opening rules for its member states, so it will certainly be strict for China.” “China’s current political and economic system “I think it will be difficult to participate in Roh.” Next, referring to the fact that Japan has led the TPP after the US withdrawal, he stressed, “Of course, we will respond carefully to China’s participation in the TPP. It is impossible without the understanding of each member country, and moreover, Japan is the chairman this year.”
As a domestic issue, he emphasized the response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and promoting the constitution. Regarding Corona 19 response, he said, “Because there is no definitive number of’this is’, we are making judgments while accepting the recommendations of experts such as the government’s countermeasures sub-meeting.” Regarding domestic vaccination, he said, “We will secure a vaccine so that it can be provided to all the people. We are preparing to start vaccination as soon as possible.” Regarding the amendment that the Abe regime did not achieve, he added, “It is natural to go toward the amendment,” he added. .
Tokyo= Kim Hoe-kyung Correspondent [email protected]
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