日本政府将时隔13年重启冲绳政策协议会：11月6日与冲绳县商讨减轻美军基地负担
东京——日本官房长官木原稔11月2日在记者会上宣布，日本政府将于11月6日召开「冲绳政策协议会」，由相关阁僚与冲绳县知事共同商讨减轻美军基地负担与冲绳经济振兴措施。这将是该协议会自2013年以来、时隔约13年首次召开。
冲绳政策协议会1996年由桥本龙太郎政府设立，成员为首相以外的全体阁僚与冲绳县知事，上次召开是仲井真弘多任知事的2013年；在翁长雄志、玉城丹尼两任知事时期，协议会从未召开。今年9月的冲绳县知事选举中，自民党支持的古谢玄太胜出、时隔12年夺回县政，他在竞选中即主张重启协议会，10月7日在首相官邸面见首相高市早苗与木原稔时正式提出请求。
木原稔在记者会上表示，推进冲绳政策离不开与县的协作，「将把振兴冲绳作为国家战略综合、积极地推进，同时切实致力于减轻基地负担」。他同时说明，高市首相是否出席11月6日的会议仍在协调。古谢玄太则向媒体表示，将要求中央政府明确美军普天间机场的归还日期。
预计议题还包括冲绳振兴预算的增额：该预算在2013至2021年度维持每年约3000亿日元，2022至2026年度被削减至约2600亿日元，增额与否是县方最关切的事项之一。此外，普天间机场迁往名护市边野古的进展，以及近期驻冲绳美军士兵涉刑事案件引发的治安与军纪问题，也被认为可能进入讨论。
冲绳县以不到日本1%的国土面积集中了约七成驻日美军专用设施，基地负担长期是东京与冲绳之间的核心矛盾。协议会时隔13年重启，被视为高市政府与立场亲中央的新县政之间关系的风向标。
（来源：时事通信社）
Japan to Reconvene Okinawa Policy Council on Nov. 6, First Time in 13 Years, to Discuss Easing the U.S. Base Burden
Tokyo — Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announced at a press conference on November 2 that the Japanese government will convene the Okinawa Policy Council on November 6, bringing cabinet ministers together with the governor of Okinawa Prefecture to discuss easing the burden of U.S. military bases and measures to promote the prefecture's economy. It will be the council's first meeting since 2013, a gap of about 13 years.
The council was established in 1996 under Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and consists of all cabinet ministers other than the prime minister, together with the Okinawa governor. It last met in 2013 under Governor Hirokazu Nakaima and was never convened during the terms of Governors Takeshi Onaga and Denny Tamaki. In September's gubernatorial election, Genta Koja, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won office, returning the prefectural government to the LDP camp after 12 years. Koja had campaigned on reviving the council and formally requested its early convening when he met Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Kihara at the prime minister's office on October 7.
Kihara told reporters that coordination with the prefecture is essential to advancing Okinawa policy, saying the government would promote Okinawa's development comprehensively and proactively as a national strategy while also working steadily to reduce the base burden. He said Takaichi's attendance at the November 6 meeting was still being arranged. Koja, for his part, told the media he intends to ask the central government to set a clear date for the return of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
The agenda is also expected to include the size of the Okinawa promotion budget, which stood at about 300 billion yen a year from fiscal 2013 to 2021 before being cut to about 260 billion yen for fiscal 2022 through 2026; whether it is increased is among the prefecture's top concerns. The relocation of Futenma to Henoko in Nago City and questions of discipline and public safety following recent criminal cases involving U.S. service members in Okinawa may also be discussed.
Okinawa, with less than 1 percent of Japan's land area, hosts about 70 percent of the facilities exclusively used by U.S. forces in Japan, and the base burden has long been the central friction between Tokyo and Okinawa. The council's revival after 13 years is seen as an early test of relations between the Takaichi government and the new, Tokyo-friendly prefectural administration.
(Source: Jiji Press)
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图片来源：图：位于冲绳县宜野湾市市区内的美军普天间海军陆战队航空站航拍（资料图）。CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aerial view of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture (file photo). CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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