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[00:00:37] The Houthi armed forces swiftly
[00:00:40] swept through western Yemen, leaving Saudi Arabia in a predicament along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
[00:00:44] In this week's "World Focus," the Red Sea
[00:00:48] storm stirs up again . The Japan Restoration
[00:00:51] Party makes a high-profile entry into the Kochi new cabinet, and the conservative
[00:00:55] faction regains power in Okinawa Prefecture after 12 years .
[00:00:58] 。
[00:04:37] and you can see in the footage clearly that this
[00:04:40] fighter jet on video was hit directly
[00:04:44] which caused it to crash down. Over the past decade or so, the Houthi armed forces have claimed to have shot down Saudi anti-aircraft missiles. This time, if the Houthis really
[00:05:00] shot down an F-15 fighter jet, it would mean
[00:05:04] a significant change in their air defense capabilities
[00:05:07] . This would lead to a sharp escalation
[00:05:10] of hostilities between the two sides.
[00:06:15] It was once captured by Houthi forces, and then recaptured by Yemeni government forces in 2017. Nine years later,
[00:06:18] the flames of war once again broke out . On the afternoon of September 9th, local time
[00:06:22] , Houthi forces captured the Khalid military base
[00:06:26] east of Mocha Port. The base commander was killed on the spot
[00:06:30] . This base is one of the key strategic locations
[00:06:34] on the Taiz-Mocha road . On the morning of September 10th
[00:06:37] , Houthi forces dispatched 15 armed pick-up trucks
[00:06:40] directly to the area.
[00:08:42] According to data released by the International Organization for Migration on September 18th , over the past two
[00:08:46] weeks, more than 110,000 Yemeni civilians have been displaced,
[00:08:50] and nearly 3,000 people have crossed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to flee to the opposite
[00:08:54] shore of Djibouti. In the view of Al Jazeera , the Houthis' current
[00:08:57] offensive marks a shift in the balance of power
[00:09:01] in their conflict with Saudi Arabia that began in 2014
[00:09:04] . In September 2014, the pro-Iranian Shiite
[00:09:08] Houthi armed forces captured the Yemeni capital Sanaa and overthrew the government.
[00:09:29] There is no current planning for ground force operations, but if necessary,
[00:09:33] the Saudi ground forces are ready, and the forces of friendly
[00:09:36] and brotherly countries are ready,
[00:09:40] and any aggression of any kind will be repelled. This marked the beginning of
[00:09:43] an eight-year conflict between the armed forces and Saudi Arabia, and also the transformation of the situation in Yemen
[00:09:47] from a political crisis into a complex multi-national
[00:09:51] proxy war . In April
[00:09:54] 2022, under the mediation of the United Nations , the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement
[00:09:58] .
[00:10:04] In March 2023 , Saudi Arabia and Iran, under China's mediation
[00:10:08] , achieved a historic reconciliation , paving the way for the Yemen issue.
[00:11:25] force, it might be more like individual
[00:11:28] nations taking actions to protect their own interests on the red
[00:11:32] sea or.
[00:11:55] we can do something similar, so now instead of sort of pushing all their
[00:11:59] resources east toward, now the his are
[00:12:02] pushing their their forces south. The Red Sea storm, or what the armed forces did not expect, is that the supported Yemeni government forces were vulnerable.
[00:12:17] For a long time, the Yemeni government has been plagued by financial and public issues.
[00:12:55] Saudi ships so that Saudi can uh finally lift the blockade on
[00:12:59] Yemen.
[00:13:07] They want to get the Houthis out of Yemen, what Saudi needs to do
[00:13:10] that though, is actual troops on the ground, because the Yemeni forces, as
[00:13:14] we've seen overnight with their loss of Mocha aren't capable of
[00:13:18] defeating the Houthis on their own. Saudi air power isn't capable of
[00:13:22] defeating the Houthis on their own, so we need some foreign ground troops.
[00:14:00] including those countries that oppose this war or have repeatedly tried to facilitate its end , have been affected
[00:14:03] to varying degrees . On September
[00:14:07] 18th, local time, US President Trump stated that Washington is holding talks
[00:14:11] with the Houthi armed forces in Yemen , and said that the organization
[00:14:14] is willing to reach an agreement with the United States . Previously, on September
[00:14:18] 12th, when Trump visited Ireland, he was pressed by reporters
[00:14:22] about whether he would intervene in the situation in Yemen .
[00:15:25] a part of Iran's behavior and
[00:15:28] strategy during the negotiations . On August 24th
[00:15:32] , the United States announced a new round of sanctions aimed at economically isolating
[00:15:36] Iran, but Iran.
[00:17:37] The more tense the situation in the Red Sea becomes , the more leverage Iran has in pressuring
[00:17:41] the Strait of Hormuz. The higher the risk of Saudi energy exports
[00:17:45] , the stronger the position of the Houthi armed forces in negotiations in Yemen
[00:17:49] .
[00:18:40] After the outbreak of the May War , to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
[00:18:44] , Saudi Aramco used a pipeline spanning more than 1,200 kilometers
[00:18:48] from east to west to transport crude oil from the eastern Persian
[00:18:52] Gulf to Yanbu Port, with a daily throughput of 7 million
[00:18:56] barrels, of which 5 million barrels can be exported. However
[00:18:59] , this bypass channel is now not only facing trouble due to
[00:19:03] the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but also has been directly attacked
[00:19:06] .
[00:19:37] European refinery customers will not be able to obtain Saudi
[00:19:41] crude oil supplies in October. As winter approaches
[00:19:45] , European countries are concerned that a new round of energy crisis is approaching. Saudi
[00:19:49] and Iraqi military confirmed that the drone that attacked the East-West pipeline
[00:19:52] was launched from Iraq . The Wall Street Journal commented
[00:19:56] that as the Strait of Hormuz is frequently blocked, and
[00:20:00] the Houthi armed forces control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the hostile front
[00:20:04] facing Saudi Arabia is expanding.
[00:20:38] However, the seller's treaty stipulates that Pakistan and Turkey's military
[00:20:42] intervention obligations are limited to protecting Saudi Arabia itself, and do not involve
[00:20:46] Yemen. Most importantly , the United States, which is fiercely
[00:20:50] confronting Iran, is also unwilling to provoke the Houthi armed forces again for Saudi Arabia, making Saudi Arabia gradually lose confidence in relying on the United States to resolve the crisis. On September 17th, the US State Department issued a statement saying that it has approved a foreign military sales plan totaling 24.3 billion US dollars, which will sell 48 F-35 fighter jets and related
[00:21:13] equipment to Saudi Arabia. Some analysts believe that the US move is more like
[00:21:16] a reassurance to Saudi Arabia, because this military.
[00:21:42] According to informed sources, with the assistance of the US Central Command, Israel is discussing how to assist Saudi Arabia in responding
[00:21:46] to armed groups .
[00:21:51] some sort of uh we can say positivity in Riyad
[00:21:54] in receiving these or exchanging these messages with
[00:21:57] Israel.
[00:21:58] Analysts believe that a possible way to intervene is to provide intelligence and investigation to Saudi Arabia.
[00:22:06] this is a Saudi Yemen
[00:22:08] conflict, and the U.S. and the Saudi interests aren't identical right
[00:22:12] now. The Saudis want to diminish Houthi power and get
[00:22:16] them to back off from the Red Sea Strait there.
[00:22:20] Strait and a couple of other things want to accomplish, isn't
[00:22:24] the same with the deescalatory moves that the US would want out
[00:22:27] of any negotiation, linking it to the deescalatory moves? No. 6, the US House of Representatives voted for the third time to end the war.
[00:23:07] the they had to to deal with being bombed a daily
[00:23:10] basis, then the economic pressure, the
[00:23:13] uncertainty, and now you have additional sanctions,
[00:23:17] so war is difficult in the...
[00:23:50] Ignoring the Yemen crisis or relying on unilateral military actions
[00:23:54] cannot fundamentally resolve the security dilemma
[00:23:57] . Currently, only by adhering to the general direction of political solutions
[00:24:01] and promoting a ceasefire, disarmament and national reconstruction
[00:24:04] can Yemen escape the cycle of conflict
[00:24:08] and instability . Only then can the Red
[00:24:12] Sea shipping lane return
[00:24:13] to peace
[00:24:16] . The Japan Restoration Party makes a high-profile entry into the Kochi new cabinet.
[00:26:32] Kochi's cabinet reshuffle this time did not follow the previous practice of recommending candidates
[00:26:36] by party factions, but rather directly understood the intentions of members through a questionnaire
[00:26:40] on position preferences. Kochi personally reviewed the questionnaire, and based
[00:26:44] on this, arranged personnel to complete the cabinet reshuffle
[00:26:47] . Each person's motivation, energy, and loyalty to
[00:26:51] me are what I value most .
[00:26:55] て いる と いう こと で あり ます
[00:26:57] 。
[00:27:32] Both previously belonged to the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party and were disciplined by the LDP
[00:27:36] for a slush fund scandal . Iwai Kazuo
[00:27:40] was found to have underreported 17.46 million yen
[00:27:43] in his political funding report , and Kaneko Hiroshi underreported
[00:27:46] 8.36 million yen . In April
[00:27:49] 2024, Iwai Kazuo was suspended from party duties for six months, and Kaneko Hiroshi received
[00:27:53] a warning .
[00:27:57] According to Japanese political tradition , members of parliament who have been disciplined
[00:28:01] will not be appointed again
[00:28:16] The second point is, when it comes to the Liberal Democratic Party, the issue of politics and money has been very strictly scrutinized,
[00:28:20] but the main protagonist of the politics and money
[00:28:23] scrutiny, the slush fund
[00:28:27] minister, has entered the cabinet.
[00:28:31] For example, Jiji Press and
[00:28:38] Kyodo News conducted a public opinion poll asking what people thought about
[00:28:42] former Abe faction members or those involved in slush funds entering the cabinet. About
[00:28:45] 70% of respondents were against
[00:28:49] slush fund members entering the cabinet.
[00:28:52] This was the result of a public opinion poll.
[00:28:56] Nevertheless, the slush fund members' role in
[00:29:00] next year's party presidential election.
[00:30:03] According to Doku Mai Shimbun, Chūmi Hiroaki is 70 years old this year
[00:30:06] . Since 1987, as a Liberal Democratic Party member, he has successively served as an Osaka Prefectural
[00:30:10] Assembly member and Mayor of Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture . In 2015
[00:30:14] , he joined the Japan Restoration Party . In 2021, he was first elected
[00:30:17] as a member of the House of Representatives . In August 2025, he became
[00:30:21] the Secretary-General of the Japan Restoration Party . According to Japanese
[00:30:24] media reports, Chūmi Hiroaki also had a criminal record
[00:30:28] . In 2007, when he served as Mayor of Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture
[00:30:31] , he was convicted of colluding with bidders
[00:30:35] in public works bidding . In Japan
[00:30:38] , it is extremely rare for politicians with criminal records
[00:30:42] to enter the cabinet . The last time was in
[00:30:46] 1997 , when Sato
[00:30:48] Koko, who was appointed as Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
[00:30:52] , was convicted in the Lockheed bribery scandal in the United States
[00:30:56] . However, Sato resigned after only
[00:30:59] 12 days as Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
[00:31:53] proposed to reshape Japan's security strategy . The proposal advocates
[00:31:56] increasing defense spending and amending Article 9 of the Constitution
[00:32:00] to clearly position the Self-Defense Forces as a national defense force. At the same time
[00:32:04] , it re-examines the principle of not introducing nuclear weapons among the three non-nuclear principles
[00:32:08] and further relaxes restrictions on defense equipment exports
[00:32:11] .
[00:34:09] Just as the Japanese central government was reorganizing its political forces , a local election in Japan
[00:34:12] this week also attracted much attention
[00:34:16] . On September 13th , in the Okinawa Prefectural Gubernatorial election
[00:34:19] , the 42-year-old candidate Hentona Gen, former Deputy Mayor of Naha City
[00:34:23] , supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, received about
[00:34:26] 423,000 votes and decisively defeated
[00:34:30] the incumbent governor Tamaki Denny , who was seeking a third term
[00:34:33] . This is the first time in 12 years that the Okinawa Prefectural government has returned
[00:34:37] to the Liberal Democratic Party's conservative faction
[00:34:39] .
[00:34:44] .
[00:35:40] NHK, before the election, Japan's Prime Minister instructed:
[00:35:45] To win, you must do everything you can
[00:35:48] . And just as the election entered a critical stage, the conservative
[00:35:52] camp experienced a temporary change of allegiance . According to Ryukyu Shimpo
[00:35:56] , in August, the popular independent candidate Shitao Kaname
[00:36:00] reached a policy agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party and suddenly withdrew from the election
[00:36:04] during a critical stage , turning to support Koshi Gen
[00:36:07] . This was seen by the outside world as one of the important factors that changed the election
[00:36:11] .
[00:36:15] It might be a rash decision , but from here, everyone
[00:36:18] , please understand the situation and
[00:36:21] once again, let's win this election
[00:36:25] for Mr. Hotta .
[00:36:57] Nearly half of respondents listed it as their primary concern, more than
[00:37:01] twice as many as those historically concerned about the US military base issue
[00:37:04] . That's right.
[00:37:40] And in the view of Chiba Bosheng, a professor at Okinawa International University , the existence of US military bases
[00:37:43] is precisely the biggest obstacle hindering Okinawa's economic self-reliance
[00:37:47] . Okinawa's area accounts for only about
[00:37:51] 0.6% of Japan's land area , yet it hosts about
[00:37:54] 70% of US military bases in Japan. The population
[00:38:16] has become a base in a de facto city.
[00:38:19] .
[00:39:49] In 2009, when the Democratic Party of Japan came to power
[00:39:53] , the then Prime Minister once proposed relocating the Futenma Base
[00:39:56] .
[00:40:27] elected as Governor of Okinawa Prefecture . In the following years, the central government
[00:40:31] and Okinawa Prefecture engaged in a tug-of-war over the construction of Henoko , but
[00:40:35] construction did not stop . Now, Tamaki
[00:40:38] Denny's re-election bid has failed , and the dispute over US military bases
[00:40:42] also faces changes. The Yomiuri Shimbun stated that in the face of a severe
[00:40:46] economic situation, Koshi's proposal to revitalize Okinawa's economic development
[00:40:50] will inevitably require the cooperation and financial support of the Japanese central government
[00:40:54] . During the election , Koshi stated that he hoped
[00:40:58] the Japanese government would increase the Okinawa prefectural government's budget for fiscal year 2027
[00:41:01] from recent years' 260 billion yen to
[00:41:05] over 300 billion yen . However
[00:41:08] , the people of Okinawa may have to pay a greater
[00:41:12] price for this
[00:42:57] . Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama once quoted Confucius to criticize Koshi for sweeping away his mistakes without correcting them . In
[00:43:01] his view, a country that cannot fully reflect on historical issues
[00:43:05] can hardly become a truly
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