Hiroyuki Hosoda
Hiroyuki Hosoda
Hiroyuki Hosodais a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. From 2004-05, he was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinets, succeeded by Shinzō Abe on 31 October 2005...
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On a microeconomic level, we're starting to see a big impact on some industries,
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The maintenance of a stable presence of the U.S. military in and around our country contributes to peace and safety in Japan, the far east and internationally.
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As we understand it, the U.S. Navy's basic policy is to deploy nuclear-powered ships from now on, ... We feel that this (decision) cannot be helped.
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There have been suggestions that both ministerial and working levels should promptly look into measures ... as soon as possible,
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This shows there is a deep understanding of what the cabinet has done up to now and its stance on reform,
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We believe the change will allow us to maintain the solid presence of the US navy and contribute to keeping Japan's security.
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We must leave no gaps in providing assistance,
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We must watch North Korea closely to see if there is really a fundamental difference on that point,
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We cannot say at this stage whether there are prospects of the six-party talks resuming.
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We are working hard with the aim of reaching an agreement, and we are not thinking about failing, ... We are at the final stage of the negotiations and we are gradually getting close to turning the corner.
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We are not in a position to propose a specific plan.
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We believe that the change (of the carriers) will lead to maintaining the solid presence of the U.S. Navy and contribute to keeping Japan's security and international peace into the future.
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There is expected to be further damage due to the typhoon so all agencies and ministries are joining together to respond.
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We have not seen sufficient progress, ... Whether or not we can reach an agreement ... depends on North Korea's efforts.