NAHA, Apr 14 (News On Japan) –
Yonaguni Town Mayor Tsuneo Uechi met Defense Minister Koizumi on April thirteenth and conveyed his intention to simply accept the deployment of a missile unit on the Yonaguni garrison, marking a shift in his beforehand impartial stance on the difficulty.
The Ministry of Defense had held a residents’ briefing in March relating to the missile unit, outlining plans to deploy it by fiscal 2030 on the Yonaguni base, Japan’s westernmost Self-Defense Forces set up.
Uechi, who had till now kept away from expressing a transparent place, said through the assembly that he doesn’t oppose the deployment. “While there are some opposing views within Yonaguni Town, many residents do not object to the deployment of the medium-range surface-to-air missile unit,” Uechi stated.
At the identical time, Uechi acknowledged that some residents stay involved in regards to the presence of the missile unit and emphasised that he’ll proceed to request the Defense Ministry to offer info to the area people.
During the assembly, Uechi additionally requested whether or not there have been plans to deploy further missile items sooner or later, to which Koizumi responded that no such plans exist at this stage.
Source: 沖縄ニュースOTV