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00:00:41Houthi armed forces sweep across western Yemen, Saudi Arabia
00:00:45at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces a dilemma.
00:00:48World Weekly this issue's focus: Red Sea Storm
00:00:52again. Japan's Ishin no Kai
00:00:55enters the new cabinet with a high profile. Conservative
00:00:59faction. After 12 years, Okinawa's constitutional government is re-established.
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00:01:29Hello everyone, welcome to a new issue of World Weekly
00:01:34. Since September,
00:01:37the Houthi armed forces and Saudi Arabia have been continuously
00:01:41exchanging fire. This week, the Houthi armed forces' offensive has escalated,
00:01:44not only sweeping through western Yemen like a storm, but also
00:01:48seizing several strategic strongholds guarding the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
00:01:52The British Guardian pointed out that after the Strait of Hormuz,
00:01:56another important energy source in the Middle East . And essentially,
00:03:23as well as oil wealth
00:03:27as a source of funding. On September
00:03:3018th, in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, thousands of people took to the streets
00:03:34to protest Saudi Arabia's accusation that the Houthi armed forces attacked the holy city of
00:03:38Mecca .
00:03:42In the eyes of outsiders,
00:03:48behind the tit-for-tat between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi armed forces is the reality that the conflict between the two sides
00:03:52continues to escalate .
00:03:55On September 16th, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen stated
00:03:59that in the northeastern part of Yemen, in Ma'rib province, they shot down
00:04:03a Saudi Air Force F-15 fighter jet with a self-made
00:04:07surface-to-air missile.
00:04:18Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree stated that after the F-15 fighter jet
00:04:22was shot down, two batches of Saudi fighter jets entered Ma'rib
00:04:25airspace to search for the
00:05:00caused the crash. And this time, if the Houthi armed forces really
00:05:04shot down the F-15 fighter jet, it means that their air defense capabilities
00:05:07have undergone significant changes . This will lead to
00:05:11hostility between the two sides. Within 36 short hours, the Houthi forces thoroughly disrupted Red Sea shipping by taking control of the central road to Ma'rib.
00:07:54On September 1st, the Houthi forces announced that since September 3rd, they had captured approximately 5,400 square kilometers of land in western Yemen.
00:08:04The Yemeni government stated that the Houthis controlled the entire western coast and continued to advance southward.
00:08:12At this time, a large number of civilians along the Red Sea coast in southwestern Yemen
00:08:16began to flee their homes and poured into temporary refugee
00:08:19camps. We fled the war, moving from one
00:08:23place to another, with our souls but without
00:08:27peace. We ran away, but what about the rest? And the house, if we left it,
00:08:30it was just a place.
00:08:33And now, look at us, how we are
00:08:35suffering. Look at us, how we are
00:08:38shaken. "We need to live."
00:08:46According to data released by the International Organization for Migration on September 18, over 110,000 Yemenis
00:08:50have been displaced in the past two weeks, and nearly 3,000 people have crossed the Bab el-Mandeb
00:08:54Strait to flee to Djibouti on the opposite shore.
00:08:58Al Jazeera believes that the current Houthi offensive signifies that the balance of power
00:09:02in their conflict with Saudi Arabia, which began in
00:09:052014, has begun to shift .
00:09:08In September 2014,
00:10:26always difficult to achieve. The fragile peace was finally broken in 2026.
00:10:30As the conflict continued, Saudi Arabia's relationship with Iran
00:10:34also became tense. On July 13,
00:10:37Sana'a International Airport, controlled by Houthi forces, was subjected to an air attack.
00:10:41Houthi forces accused Saudi Arabia of being the mastermind behind the attack. This
00:10:45incident became the fuse for the escalation of the situation . Saudi Arabia was
00:10:48threatening Yemen to
00:10:52not break the blockade by operating a flight'.
00:10:55Tehran um and as a response they
00:10:58bombed airport and so since then fighting has essentially
00:11:02escalated. Subsequently, Houthi armed forces greatly increased their attacks and conducted multiple maritime operations.
00:11:20Although Saudi Arabia has vast coastlines there are not
00:11:24no.
00:12:55not disrupting international shipping, they say that they're
00:12:58disrupting Saudi ships so that Saudi can
00:13:02finally lift the blockade on Yemen.
00:13:04On the 12th, will Saudi Arabia once again face the difficult decision of whether to wage war?
00:13:11is they want to get the huties out of Yemen? what saudi needs
00:13:14to do that though is actual troops on the ground, because the Yemen
00:13:18forces, as we've seen overnight with their loss of Mocha, aren't capable
00:13:22of defeating the Hutis on their own. Saudi air power. isn't capable
00:13:25of defeating the huties on their own, so we need some foreign ground troops, but Saudi Arabia
00:13:29doesn't want to put foreign ground troops into Yemen for any sort of a
00:13:33long, bloody conflict with no guarantee of success. The Times reported that in this war, Saudi Arabia faces the worst-case scenario. In the words of former Ambassador Ratney, the current situation is what the Saudis least want to see. And in the eyes of analysts, this dilemma also highlights that all countries that have ended trials have been more or less affected by the fluctuations. Locally, on September 18th, the US President stated that the US would reach an agreement.
00:14:21Earlier, on September 12th, Trump said in an interview:
00:15:05The United States is already in an endless conflict with Iran. The navy is overburdened, but its
00:15:08inventory is constantly decreasing. Therefore, Trump does not want to open
00:15:12another new front. In the eyes of many analysts, the actions of the Houthi
00:15:16armed forces in the Red Sea are directly related to Iran.
00:15:20Shaquira, a scholar of Yemeni issues at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in the United Kingdom,
00:15:24believes that what is happening now is part of the Houthi armed
00:15:28forces' strategy, an extension of Iran's behavior and strategy
00:15:31in the negotiation process . On August
00:15:3524, the United States announced
00:15:37a new round of sanctions aimed at economically isolating Iran, but Iran
00:15:41was not hit by the sanctions. On September 10,
00:15:44the United States continued to expand the scope of sanctions, listing individuals and entities
00:15:48that provide support to Iranian proxy networks.
00:15:52It was also on this day that the Houthi armed forces occupied the port of Mocha,
00:15:55which was interpreted by many media as Iran opening a
00:17:07is taking over that, whether on behalf of themselves or on behalf of
00:17:11Iran, them being inha is psychological panic for
00:17:15insurance and shipment companies across the
00:17:17world.
00:17:22There are no Iranian forces in Yemen.
00:18:20Yeah, the attacks of the huzi rebels
00:18:23additional pressure on Saudi Arabia, because so far it
00:18:27could sort of bypass the straight of hormos, which is blocked by
00:18:30Iran, but going through the mandanda, but now with the
00:18:33huti attacks, this sort of leeway.
00:20:07The hostile front faced by Saudi Arabia is expanding.
00:20:11Fighting the Houthi armed forces is one thing; fighting on three fronts
00:20:14simultaneously is another . For
00:20:18Saudi Arabia, there is also the Mecca Common Defense Agreement signed with
00:20:22Pakistan and Turkey on August 7th. On September 10, the Houthis
00:20:26attacked the port of Mocha, and Pakistan immediately strongly condemned
00:20:30their actions. On September 16, Pakistan's Foreign Minister
00:20:34Asif stated: "Now is the time to implement the Mecca
00:20:38Common Defense Agreement ." However, the Mecca Treaty
00:20:41stipulates that Pakistan and Turkey's military intervention obligations
00:20:45are limited to defending Saudi territory.
00:20:49Most importantly, even the United States, which is fiercely confronting Iran, is unwilling to provoke the Houthi armed forces again for Saudi Arabia,
00:20:56causing Saudi Arabia to gradually lose confidence in relying on the United States
00:21:00to resolve the crisis . On September
00:21:0317, the U.S. State Department issued a statement saying that it had approved
00:21:06a foreign military sales plan totaling
00:21:09$24.3 billion to sell 48
00:21:13F-35 fighter jets and related equipment to Saudi Arabia.
00:21:17Some analysts believe the United States
00:21:46According to informed sources, with the assistance of the U.S. Central Command, Israel is discussing how to assist Saudi Arabia. to back off from the red
00:22:20sea uh uh straight there, the babilom
00:22:23straight, and a couple of other things the saudies want to accomplish would isn't the
00:22:26same with the deescalatory moves that the US would want out of
00:22:30any negotiation, linking it to the deescalatory
00:22:33moves. On the 6th, the US held its third vote to end the war.
00:22:34three additional House Republicans
00:22:41cross-party lines to support the move compared to last time,
00:22:45that brought the total number of House Republicans who supported...
00:22:48In fact, the Red Sea shipping lane is
00:23:50a global public good. Ignoring the Yemeni crisis or
00:23:54relying on unilateral military action cannot fundamentally
00:23:57resolve its security dilemma . Currently, only by adhering
00:24:01to the general direction of political solutions and promoting a ceasefire, humanitarian aid,
00:24:05and national reconstruction can Yemen emerge from the cycle of
00:24:08conflict and instability. Only then can the Red
00:24:12Sea shipping lane return to
00:24:20Japan's Ishin no Kai enters the new cabinet of Kishida with a high profile.
00:24:24Conservatives regain constitutional power in Okinawa after 12
00:24:27years. World Weekly special report: The Dangerous
00:24:39World Weekly . This week, Japanese
00:24:43Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Kishida Fumio successively initiated intra-party
00:24:47personnel adjustments and a cabinet reshuffle .
00:25:22Foreign Minister
00:25:24Motegi,
00:25:27Finance Minister Katayama,
00:25:31Defense Minister Kihara, Chief Cabinet
00:25:35Secretary Okinawa
00:25:37problem Shimohara.
00:25:41Japanese media reported that 8 of the 18 cabinet members are new.
00:25:48The new Japanese government
00:26:02has no fixed timetable, so the timing of the cabinet reshuffle is
00:26:06thought-provoking . In early
00:26:09September, the results of a public opinion poll released by Jiji Press showed
00:26:13that the approval rating of the Kishida cabinet fell to
00:26:1744.1%, a decrease of 4.3 percentage points from last month,
00:26:20reaching its lowest level since the cabinet was formed
00:26:23. The Associated Press believes that Kishida's reshuffle
00:26:27of the cabinet at this time aims to improve his approval rating, reintegrate his ruling base,
00:26:31and seek to
00:28:32I think that's how it is. So, for example, a public opinion poll was conducted by Jiji Press and Kyodo News about how people feel about
00:28:36members of the former Abe faction or those who were involved in the slush fund scandal joining
00:28:40the cabinet. About 70% of the respondents
00:28:43opposed those involved in the slush fund scandal joining
00:28:47the cabinet. Despite this,
00:28:50here ,
00:28:54the current member of the cabinet. So, it's a public opinion poll
00:28:58about opposition. Regardless,
00:29:01here,
00:30:02The person who joined the cabinet this time is the former Secretary-General of the Japan Restoration Party, Atsushi Suzuki.
00:30:06According to reports from Dokmai News, Atsushi Suzuki is 70 years old this year.
00:30:10Since 1987, as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he successively served as a member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly
00:30:13and the Mayor of Osaka Prefecture. In 2015,
00:30:17he joined the Japan Restoration Party. In 2021, he was first
00:30:21elected as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. In August 2025,
00:30:24he became the Secretary-General of the Japan Restoration Party. According to Japanese
00:30:28media reports, Atsushi Suzuki was also a convicted
00:30:31criminal. During his tenure as Mayor of Osaka Prefecture
00:30:35in 2007, he was convicted of colluding with bidders and engaging in
00:30:39bid rigging in public works projects. He was found
00:30:42guilty. In Japan, it is extremely
00:30:46rare for politicians with criminal records to enter the cabinet. The last
00:30:50time this happened was in 1997.
00:30:52At that time, Sato Koji, who was appointed Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency,
00:30:56was convicted in the Lockheed bribery scandal in the United States.
00:31:00He was found guilty. Sato resigned from his position
00:31:04as Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency only 12 days later due to pressure
00:31:07. So why did Kishida take such a great risk
00:31:11and choose Atsushi Suzuki, who has a criminal record, to join the cabinet? So,
00:31:15with the Japan Restoration Party joining the cabinet and its members becoming ministers,
00:31:19the Kishida administration will likely move in the direction that the Japan Restoration Party
00:31:23desires. And what the Japan Restoration Party desires is quite similar to what Mr. Kishida desires,
00:31:27so there are things like
00:31:30constitutional revision, strengthening of defense capabilities, and
00:31:34revision of the three non-nuclear
00:31:38principles, for example.
00:31:41For a long time, in terms of policy,
00:31:45the Japan Restoration Party has been considered more radical than the Liberal Democratic Party.
00:31:49In June this year, the Japan Restoration Party released a policy proposal on national security
00:31:52strategy for the 30-year crisis era. It proposed
00:31:56reshaping Japan's security strategy. The proposal
00:32:00advocated increasing defense spending and revising Article 9
00:32:04of the Constitution. It clearly positioned the Self-Defense Forces
00:32:07as a national defense force. At the same time, it proposed re-discussing the principle
00:32:11of not introducing nuclear weapons among the three non-nuclear principles, and further loosening restrictions on defense equipment
00:32:16exports. This aligns to complete the revision of the three security documents
00:32:20within the year. However, in Japanese
00:32:23society, revising the three non-nuclear principles is a highly sensitive
00:32:27issue. In early August,
00:32:30according to a poll released by the Japan Public Opinion Survey Association, approximately
00:32:3476% of Japanese respondents supported upholding the three non-nuclear
00:33:16The Liberal Democratic Party alone will not be able to advance reforms. I believe that Japan has come this far
00:33:19without fear of criticism, without fear of opposition, and without fear of elections.
00:33:23Before Ishin, the ruling coalition had been the LDP-Komeito coalition for 26 years.
00:33:24The Komeito Party calls itself a party for the people.
00:33:33In defense,
00:33:35In the view of Kenneth Weinstein,
00:33:45Chairman of Japan Affairs at the Hudson Institute in the United States, it may allow the Liberal Democratic Party
00:33:49to gain a greater policy space than during the Abe era.
00:33:52After Kishida's first year in power, the Liberal Democratic Party
00:33:56and the Japan Restoration Party moved closer to an alliance, freeing themselves
00:34:00from past restrictions. This enabled them to advance policies that Abe failed
00:34:04to achieve, accelerating the promotion of conservative political goals, including
00:34:08constitutional revision.
00:34:45So, I think it's important to focus on the issues that are most pressing right now,
00:34:49such as the rising cost of living, and the need to foster new industries.
00:34:52Furthermore, we need to address child poverty.
00:34:56and the national government
00:35:15And also, the business community and the
00:35:19local community need to work together.
00:35:23By doing so, we can achieve
00:35:27even greater things than before.
00:35:30We should entrust the future of Okinawa
00:35:33to the younger generation,
00:35:36shouldn't we, everyone?
00:35:46before the election, the Japanese Prime Minister instructed
00:35:49that "everything that can be done to win must be done."
00:35:52Just as the election campaign entered a critical stage, the conservative
00:35:56camp experienced a last-minute defection. According to a
00:36:00Ryukyu Shimpo report, in August, former independent candidate
00:36:04Shimoji Fuyuhito, who enjoyed high popularity, reached a policy agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party
00:36:07and suddenly withdrew from the election during the critical stage,
00:36:57In this election, economic issues became the most concerned topic for voters.
00:37:01Nearly half of the respondents ranked it as their top concern
00:37:04, a proportion more than double that of those concerned about US military base
00:37:19issues. However, the economy didn't improve, and the current situation didn't seem to get better.
00:37:23So, I thought it might be good to entrust
00:37:26the future to someone else this time.
00:37:28In the election campaign, Tamaki focused on economic issues, promising to increase residents'
00:37:32income, strengthen childcare resources, and promote economic growth in Okinawa
00:37:35. According to exit poll data, Tamaki received a very high approval
00:37:39rating among the 20 to 40-year-old age group . In the view of Professor
00:37:43Chunbok-seung of Okinawa International University, the presence of US military bases
00:37:47is precisely the biggest obstacle hindering Okinawa from achieving economic
00:37:50self-reliance. Okinawa only accounts for about
00:37:540.6% of Japan's land area. Although US military bases bring some economic benefits to Okinawa through land rent, employment, and local consumption, the bases occupy a large amount of core land, severely restricting local transportation planning and commercial development. According to Japanese media reports, US military bases account for about 80% of Okinawa Prefecture's total area, but contribute only about 5% to Okinawa's economy.
00:38:58Although US military bases bring some economic benefits to Okinawa through land rent,
00:39:02employment, and local consumption, the bases occupy a large amount of core land, severely restricting
00:39:06local transportation planning and commercial development.
00:39:10According to Japanese media reports, US military bases
00:39:14account for about 80% of Okinawa Prefecture's total area, but contribute only
00:39:17about 5% to Okinawa's
00:39:38From 1996
00:39:42to 1999,
00:40:27In 2018, Tamaki Denny won the Okinawa gubernatorial election.
00:40:33After that, for years, the central government and the prefecture were at odds, but construction did not stop.
00:40:42Now, Tamaki Denny has lost his re-election bid. US
00:40:45military .
00:40:48The new Japanese government is facing economic challenges and needs to revitalize Okinawa. This cannot be achieved without the cooperation of the central government of Japan.
00:43:42Then watch me.
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