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INTERVIEW: New Minister Vows Ample Budget for Disaster Resilience

INTERVIEW: New Minister Vows Ample Budget for Disaster Resilience

   Tokyo, Nov. 13 (Jiji Press)--New Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Hiromasa Nakano vowed Wednesday to secure a "necessary and sufficient" budget for measures to strengthen the country's resilience to natural disasters.
   "Improving the country's resilience is an extremely important task," Nakano said in an interview with news organizations.
   "We will secure a necessary and sufficient budget for fiscal 2025," the final year of the government's five-year plan to boost related efforts, he added.
   The new minister also indicated that the government will promptly draw up a new program for fiscal 2026 and beyond.
   Nakano, a member of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, took office after his predecessor, Tetsuo Saito, became leader of Komeito.

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