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00:00:38Houthi armed forces swiftly swept through western Yemen, with Saudi Arabia
00:00:41in distress in the Mandeb Strait. This issue of "World Weekly" focuses on
00:00:44the Red Sea. A storm is brewing again.
00:00:48Japan's Ishin Party is making a high-profile entry into
00:00:51the cabinet reshuffle, with conservatives taking power
00:00:55in Okinawa after 12 years. And the aerial
00:00:58and essentially
00:03:16as well as the oil
00:03:20wealth as it is considered
00:03:23on September 18th, thousands of civilians were
00:03:26attacked by Houthi forces. In 2017,
00:06:16it was recaptured by the Yemeni government army. Nine years later, the flames of war
00:06:19broke out again. On the afternoon of September 9th, local time, Houthi
00:06:23forces captured the Khalid military camp east of Mocha Port.
00:06:27The base commander was killed on the spot. This base
00:06:30is one of the key strategic locations on the Mocha Road.
00:06:34On the morning of September 10th, Houthi forces dispatched
00:06:3715 armed pickup trucks directly to the long-range area.
00:06:41According to data
00:08:42released by the International Organization for Migration on September 18th, over 110,000 Yemeni
00:08:46civilians have been displaced in the past two weeks,
00:08:50and nearly 3,000 people have crossed the Mandeb Strait to escape to the other side of the
00:08:54Strait. According to Al Jazeera, the Houthi's current
00:08:58offensive marks the tilting of the balance of power with Saudi Arabia
00:09:01that began in 2014. In September 2014,
00:09:05the pro-Iranian Shiite Houthi armed forces captured
00:09:08the Yemeni capital Sana'a and overthrew it.
00:09:35Ready, and the forces of friendly states
00:09:38and sister forces are ready and will respond to any aggression of any
00:09:41kind. The eight-year conflict between the Houthi armed forces and Saudi
00:09:45Arabia thus began, and the Yemeni situation evolved from a political crisis
00:09:49into a complex multi-national game. In April 2022,
00:09:53under the mediation of the United Nations, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement.
00:09:56In March 2023,
00:09:58Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a
00:10:04historic reconciliation under the mediation of China, which laid the foundation
00:10:08for the Yemeni issue. force, it might be more like individual
00:11:25nations taking actions to protect their own interests on the red
00:11:28sea or. themselves, we can do something
00:11:32similar, so now instead of sort of
00:11:55pushing all their resources east toward, now the are
00:11:58pushing their their forces south, the Red Sea, or the armed forces
00:12:02did not expect the supported Yemeni
00:12:17government forces to be vulnerable. For a long time,
00:12:24the Yemeni government's financial and public problems have caused
00:14:17all countries that have ended wars to be more or less affected.
00:15:25on September 18, local time, the US president said that Washington and Beijing had reached an agreement. On September 12, the special envoy was questioned by reporters about Yemen.
00:15:29is part of Iran's behavior and strategic extension in the negotiation process.
00:15:32On August 24, the United States announced a new round of sanctions aimed at
00:15:36economically isolating Iran, but
00:18:31attacks this sort of leeway is blocked as
00:18:34well or coming under additional strain so that is obvious.
00:18:40After the outbreak of the war in May, in order to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi
00:18:44Aramco used a 1,200-kilometer-long
00:18:48oil pipeline running from east to west to transport crude oil from the eastern Persian
00:18:52Gulf to Yanbu Port, which has a daily throughput of 7 million
00:18:56barrels, of which 5 million barrels can be exported. However,
00:18:59this alternative channel is not only facing trouble due to the Mandeb Strait,
00:19:03but has also been directly attacked. F35 fighters.
00:21:11According to informed sources, with the assistance
00:21:42of the US Central Command, discussions are underway on how to assist Saudi Arabia in
00:21:46dealing with the Houthi armed forces. was uh some sort of
00:21:50we can say positivity in Riyad in receiving
00:21:54these or exchanging these messages with Israel. Providing intelligence and investigation,
00:21:57this is a Saudi
00:22:06Yemen conflict, and the U.S. and the Saudi interests
00:22:09aren't identical right now. the Saudis want to
00:22:12diminish Huthy power and get them to back off from the red
00:22:16sea straight there. Initially they they had to to
00:22:50deal with being
00:23:07bombed a daily basis, then the economic
00:23:10pressure, the uncertainty, and now
00:23:13you have additional sanctions, so war is difficult
00:23:17in the... Iranian President Raisi
00:23:39is expected to deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly on September 23rd.
00:23:43In fact, the Red Sea shipping lane is a global public good.
00:23:46Ignoring the Yemeni crisis or relying on unilateral military actions
00:23:50cannot fundamentally resolve its security dilemma.
00:23:54At present, only by adhering to the general direction of political
00:23:57solutions, promoting ceasefire and national reconstruction, can Yemen
00:24:01break out of the cycle of conflict, turbulence, and renewed conflict.
00:24:05The Red Sea shipping lane can only return to peace.
00:24:08Japan's Ishin Party makes a high-profile entry into the cabinet.
00:24:12This time,
00:24:13the cabinet reshuffle did not follow
00:24:16the past practice of recommending candidates by factions within the party,
00:26:32but instead directly sought to understand the intentions of members of parliament through a questionnaire.
00:26:36The Prime Minister personally reviewed the questionnaire and based on this,
00:26:40made personnel arrangements to complete the cabinet reshuffle.
00:26:44This is his
00:26:48spirit and loyalty to himself. This is what I attach great importance to.
00:26:51So I think it is important to
00:26:55evaluate
00:26:57whether or not there is such a thing.
00:27:02to his own will.
00:27:32Previously, all belonged to the LDP's Abe faction and were disciplined
00:27:36within the LDP due to black money scandals. Iwai and Uenaka were found to
00:27:40have underreported 17.46 million yen in their political funding reports,
00:27:43and the official reported 8.36 million yen.
00:27:47In April 2024, Iwai was suspended from party duties for six
00:27:51months, and the official was given a warning. According to
00:27:55Japanese political tradition, disciplined members of parliament will
00:27:58not be reappointed. But this time,
00:28:02the Prime Minister acted independently,
00:28:09not pursuing disciplined members of parliament, saying only that they had completed
00:28:13their atonement. The second thing is, speaking of the LDP,
00:28:16the issue of money in politics has been severely scrutinized.
00:28:20And yet, the main actors who were scrutinized for
00:28:23money in politics, those involved in the slush fund scandal,
00:28:27have entered the cabinet. So, there have been public
00:28:31opinion polls, for example, by
00:28:38Jiji Press and Kyodo News, asking what people think about former Abe faction members
00:28:41or slush fund politicians entering the cabinet. And about 70% of
00:28:45respondents, well, they oppose
00:28:48slush fund politicians entering the cabinet.
00:28:52That's what the public opinion poll says. Nevertheless,
00:28:56here, these slush fund politicians are entering the cabinet.
00:28:59And in next year's party presidential election,
00:30:03According to Doku Mai Shinbun, Chusong Hong is 70 years old.
00:30:06Since 1987, he has served as a member of the Osaka Prefectural
00:30:10Assembly and Mayor of Osaka Hirakata City as a member of the LDP.
00:30:14In 2015, he joined the Japan Ishin Party. In 2021,
00:30:18he was first elected as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan. In August
00:30:212025, he became the Secretary-General of the Japan Ishin Party. According to Japanese
00:30:24media reports, Chusong Hong was also once a convicted criminal.
00:30:28In 2007, he served as the Mayor of Osaka Hirakata City.
00:30:31The last time was in 1997,
00:30:52when Satoshi Sato, who was appointed Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency, was accused of
00:30:56bribery in the Lockheed scandal. Sato resigned as Director-General of the Management
00:31:00and Coordination Agency after only 12 days.
00:31:45In June this year, the Japan Ishin Party released a strategic policy proposal
00:31:48for national security in the 30-year crisis era, proposing
00:31:52to reshape Japan's security strategy.
00:31:56The proposal advocates increasing defense spending and revising Article 9
00:31:59of the Constitution. It clearly defines the Self-Defense Forces as a
00:32:03national defense force, and at the same time re-examines the principle
00:32:07of not introducing nuclear weapons in the three non-nuclear principles, further relaxing restrictions on the export of
00:32:11defense equipment. This is consistent with the Prime Minister's government's goal of completing
00:34:09the reorganization of political forces within the year. This week, a local election in
00:34:13Japan also attracted much attention.
00:34:15On September 13th, in the Okinawa Prefectural Governor election, former Naha
00:34:19City Deputy Mayor, 42-year-old candidate Gen Kose, who was fully
00:34:23supported by the LDP, received about 423,000 votes,
00:34:26defeating the incumbent Governor Denny Tamaki, who was seeking a third
00:34:30term, with an overwhelming advantage. This is the first time in 12
00:34:33years that the Okinawa Prefectural government has been controlled by the LDP's
00:34:37conservatives. national assembly.
00:34:39The parliament and the
00:35:15government need to cooperate closely. And also,
00:35:19with the cooperation of business leaders and local communities,
00:35:22we should be able to achieve greater things than ever before.
00:35:26I'm cheering you on. Let's entrust the future of Okinawa
00:35:29to this young generation. We need to change things.
00:35:33According to NHK,
00:35:36before the election, the Prime Minister instructed: To win,
00:35:39we must do everything we can.
00:35:42And just as the election
00:35:45entered a critical stage, the conservative camp experienced a
00:35:48defection. According to the Ryukyu Shimpo, in August,
00:35:52independent candidate Kenro Shimoji, who had high popularity,
00:35:56reached a policy agreement with the LDP and suddenly withdrew
00:36:00from the election at a critical stage, instead supporting Gen Kose.
00:36:04This was considered by the outside world to be one of the important
00:36:08factors that changed the election situation. it may be a wrong decision,
00:36:11but from here on, everyone, please understand my intention,
00:36:15and let's once again win this election.
00:36:18Nearly half of the respondents listed it as their primary
00:36:22concern, more than twice the number who historically
00:36:25focused on the US military base issue.
00:36:58In Professor Hakata Morisaki's view, the presence of US military bases is the biggest
00:37:02obstacle to Okinawa's economic self-reliance. Okinawa accounts for only about
00:37:490.6% of Japan's land area, but it hosts about 70%
00:37:5275 years old. Before the US
00:37:56occupation, his family's land
00:38:27was three times its current size. was elected Governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
00:38:30In the following years, the central
00:40:27government and Okinawa Prefecture engaged in a tug-of-war over the construction of Henoko,
00:40:31but construction did not stop. Now, after Denny Tamaki's
00:40:35re-election bid failed, the dispute over US military bases also
00:40:39faces changes. As Zhang Xinwen pointed out, facing a severe
00:40:42economic situation, Kose's proposal to revitalize Okinawa's economic development
00:40:46will inevitably require the cooperation and financial support of the Japanese central
00:40:50government. During the election, Kose stated: He hopes the Japanese
00:40:54government will increase Okinawa's budget for 2027 from the recent
00:40:58260 billion yen to more than 300 billion yen.
00:41:01However, the people of Okinawa may
00:41:05pay a greater price for this. Former Japanese Prime Minister
00:41:08Yukio Hatoyama once quoted the Analects to criticize Prime Minister Koizumi,
00:41:12"If you have faults and do not amend them,
00:41:13you have truly erred." In his view,
00:41:21a country that cannot fully reflect on
00:42:56historical issues can hardly become a truly normal country.
00:43:00From Okinawa. to question
00:43:04the essence of security, to question the definition of luxury,
00:43:08to question whether intelligent trends will reshape luxury.