Japan's Three Security Documents to Be Revised This Year: Ruling Party Team Holds First Meeting

The Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party held the first meeting of a project team and began discussions on revising Japan's three security documents, which the government plans to update within the year. LDP security research council chair Hamada said the revision should be pursued through careful discussion, while Japan Innovation Party security research council chair Maehara stressed raising strategic autonomy and the indispensability of the Japan-US alliance. The government intends to approve the revision at a cabinet meeting in the middle of next month, taking into account ruling party talks and an expert panel report due in early next month.

• LDP and Japan Innovation Party hold first team meeting on revision
• Both party security chairs outline their positions
• Cabinet approval targeted for mid next month

政府が年内に予定する安保3文書の改定に向け、自民党と日本維新の会はプロジェクトチームの初会合を開き、協議を始めました。 自民党　浜田安保調査会長 「慎重に話し合いをしながら、これからもこの国のためにしっかりと安全保障の3文書の改定ということを目指して頑張っていきたい」 日本維新の会　前原安保調査会長 「我々の戦略的な自律性を高めるとともに、日米同盟の不可欠性を高めるということが、この戦略3文書のなかでも大変重要なことではないか」 　政府は、与党の議論や来月上旬にも取りまとめる有識者会議の報告書を踏まえ、来月中旬にも閣議決定したい考えです。 [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp