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00:00:37The Houthi armed forces swiftly
00:00:40swept through western Yemen, leaving Saudi Arabia in a predicament along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
00:00:44In this week's "World Focus," the Red Sea
00:00:48storm stirs up again . The Japan Restoration
00:00:51Party makes a high-profile entry into the Kochi new cabinet, and the conservative
00:00:55faction regains power in Okinawa Prefecture after 12 years .
00:00:58。
00:04:37and you can see in the footage clearly that this
00:04:40fighter jet on video was hit directly
00:04:44which 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
00:05:00shot down an F-15 fighter jet, it would mean
00:05:04a significant change in their air defense capabilities
00:05:07. This would lead to a sharp escalation
00:05:10of hostilities between the two sides.
00:06:15It was once captured by Houthi forces, and then recaptured by Yemeni government forces in 2017. Nine years later,
00:06:18the 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
00:06:26east of Mocha Port. The base commander was killed on the spot
00:06:30. This base is one of the key strategic locations
00:06:34on the Taiz-Mocha road . On the morning of September 10th
00:06:37, Houthi forces dispatched 15 armed pick-up trucks
00:06:40directly to the area.
00:08:42According to data released by the International Organization for Migration on September 18th , over the past two
00:08:46weeks, more than 110,000 Yemeni civilians have been displaced,
00:08:50and nearly 3,000 people have crossed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to flee to the opposite
00:08:54shore of Djibouti. In the view of Al Jazeera , the Houthis' current
00:08:57offensive marks a shift in the balance of power
00:09:01in their conflict with Saudi Arabia that began in 2014
00:09:04. In September 2014, the pro-Iranian Shiite
00:09:08Houthi armed forces captured the Yemeni capital Sanaa and overthrew the government.
00:09:29There is no current planning for ground force operations, but if necessary,
00:09:33the Saudi ground forces are ready, and the forces of friendly
00:09:36and brotherly countries are ready,
00:09:40and any aggression of any kind will be repelled. This marked the beginning of
00:09:43an eight-year conflict between the armed forces and Saudi Arabia, and also the transformation of the situation in Yemen
00:09:47from a political crisis into a complex multi-national
00:09:51proxy war . In April
00:09:542022, under the mediation of the United Nations , the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement
00:09:58.
00:10:04In March 2023 , Saudi Arabia and Iran, under China's mediation
00:10:08, achieved a historic reconciliation , paving the way for the Yemen issue.
00:11:25force, it might be more like individual
00:11:28nations taking actions to protect their own interests on the red
00:11:32sea or.
00:11:55we can do something similar, so now instead of sort of pushing all their
00:11:59resources east toward, now the his are
00:12:02pushing 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.
00:12:17For a long time, the Yemeni government has been plagued by financial and public issues.
00:12:55Saudi ships so that Saudi can uh finally lift the blockade on
00:12:59Yemen.
00:13:07They want to get the Houthis out of Yemen, what Saudi needs to do
00:13:10that though, is actual troops on the ground, because the Yemeni forces, as
00:13:14we've seen overnight with their loss of Mocha aren't capable of
00:13:18defeating the Houthis on their own. Saudi air power isn't capable of
00:13:22defeating the Houthis on their own, so we need some foreign ground troops.
00:14:00including those countries that oppose this war or have repeatedly tried to facilitate its end , have been affected
00:14:03to varying degrees . On September
00:14:0718th, local time, US President Trump stated that Washington is holding talks
00:14:11with the Houthi armed forces in Yemen , and said that the organization
00:14:14is willing to reach an agreement with the United States . Previously, on September
00:14:1812th, when Trump visited Ireland, he was pressed by reporters
00:14:22about whether he would intervene in the situation in Yemen .
00:15:25a part of Iran's behavior and
00:15:28strategy during the negotiations . On August 24th
00:15:32, the United States announced a new round of sanctions aimed at economically isolating
00:15:36Iran, but Iran.
00:17:37The more tense the situation in the Red Sea becomes , the more leverage Iran has in pressuring
00:17:41the 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.
00:18:40After 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
00:18:48from east to west to transport crude oil from the eastern Persian
00:18:52Gulf to Yanbu Port, with a daily throughput of 7 million
00:18:56barrels, of which 5 million barrels can be exported. However
00:18:59, this bypass channel is now not only facing trouble due to
00:19:03the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but also has been directly attacked
00:19:06.
00:19:37European refinery customers will not be able to obtain Saudi
00:19:41crude oil supplies in October. As winter approaches
00:19:45, European countries are concerned that a new round of energy crisis is approaching. Saudi
00:19:49and Iraqi military confirmed that the drone that attacked the East-West pipeline
00:19:52was launched from Iraq . The Wall Street Journal commented
00:19:56that as the Strait of Hormuz is frequently blocked, and
00:20:00the Houthi armed forces control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the hostile front
00:20:04facing Saudi Arabia is expanding.
00:20:38However, the seller's treaty stipulates that Pakistan and Turkey's military
00:20:42intervention obligations are limited to protecting Saudi Arabia itself, and do not involve
00:20:46Yemen. Most importantly , the United States, which is fiercely
00:20:50confronting 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
00:21:13equipment to Saudi Arabia. Some analysts believe that the US move is more like
00:21:16a reassurance to Saudi Arabia, because this military.
00:21:42According to informed sources, with the assistance of the US Central Command, Israel is discussing how to assist Saudi Arabia in responding
00:21:46to armed groups .
00:21:51some sort of uh we can say positivity in Riyad
00:21:54in receiving these or exchanging these messages with
00:21:57Israel.
00:21:58Analysts believe that a possible way to intervene is to provide intelligence and investigation to Saudi Arabia.
00:22:06this is a Saudi Yemen
00:22:08conflict, and the U.S. and the Saudi interests aren't identical right
00:22:12now. The Saudis want to diminish Houthi power and get
00:22:16them to back off from the Red Sea Strait there.
00:22:20Strait and a couple of other things want to accomplish, isn't
00:22:24the same with the deescalatory moves that the US would want out
00:22:27of any negotiation, linking it to the deescalatory moves? No. 6, the US House of Representatives voted for the third time to end the war.
00:23:07the they had to to deal with being bombed a daily
00:23:10basis, then the economic pressure, the
00:23:13uncertainty, and now you have additional sanctions,
00:23:17so war is difficult in the...
00:23:50Ignoring the Yemen crisis or relying on unilateral military actions
00:23:54cannot fundamentally resolve the security dilemma
00:23:57. Currently, only by adhering to the general direction of political solutions
00:24:01and promoting a ceasefire, disarmament and national reconstruction
00:24:04can Yemen escape the cycle of conflict
00:24:08and instability . Only then can the Red
00:24:12Sea shipping lane return
00:24:13to peace
00:24:16. The Japan Restoration Party makes a high-profile entry into the Kochi new cabinet.
00:26:32Kochi's cabinet reshuffle this time did not follow the previous practice of recommending candidates
00:26:36by party factions, but rather directly understood the intentions of members through a questionnaire
00:26:40on position preferences. Kochi personally reviewed the questionnaire, and based
00:26:44on this, arranged personnel to complete the cabinet reshuffle
00:26:47. Each person's motivation, energy, and loyalty to
00:26:51me are what I value most .
00:26:55て いる と いう こと で あり ます
00:26:57。
00:27:32Both previously belonged to the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party and were disciplined by the LDP
00:27:36for a slush fund scandal . Iwai Kazuo
00:27:40was found to have underreported 17.46 million yen
00:27:43in his political funding report , and Kaneko Hiroshi underreported
00:27:468.36 million yen . In April
00:27:492024, Iwai Kazuo was suspended from party duties for six months, and Kaneko Hiroshi received
00:27:53a warning .
00:27:57According to Japanese political tradition , members of parliament who have been disciplined
00:28:01will not be appointed again
00:28:16The second point is, when it comes to the Liberal Democratic Party, the issue of politics and money has been very strictly scrutinized,
00:28:20but the main protagonist of the politics and money
00:28:23scrutiny, the slush fund
00:28:27minister, has entered the cabinet.
00:28:31For example, Jiji Press and
00:28:38Kyodo News conducted a public opinion poll asking what people thought about
00:28:42former Abe faction members or those involved in slush funds entering the cabinet. About
00:28:4570% of respondents were against
00:28:49slush fund members entering the cabinet.
00:28:52This was the result of a public opinion poll.
00:28:56Nevertheless, the slush fund members' role in
00:29:00next year's party presidential election.
00:30:03According 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
00:30:10Assembly 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
00:30:17as a member of the House of Representatives . In August 2025, he became
00:30:21the Secretary-General of the Japan Restoration Party . According to Japanese
00:30:24media 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
00:30:35in public works bidding . In Japan
00:30:38, it is extremely rare for politicians with criminal records
00:30:42to enter the cabinet . The last time was in
00:30:461997 , when Sato
00:30:48Koko, 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
00:30:5912 days as Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
00:31:53proposed to reshape Japan's security strategy . The proposal advocates
00:31:56increasing defense spending and amending Article 9 of the Constitution
00:32:00to 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
00:32:08and further relaxes restrictions on defense equipment exports
00:32:11.
00:34:09Just as the Japanese central government was reorganizing its political forces , a local election in Japan
00:34:12this 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
00:34:26423,000 votes and decisively defeated
00:34:30the 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
00:34:37to the Liberal Democratic Party's conservative faction
00:34:39.
00:34:44.
00:35:40NHK, before the election, Japan's Prime Minister instructed:
00:35:45To win, you must do everything you can
00:35:48. And just as the election entered a critical stage, the conservative
00:35:52camp experienced a temporary change of allegiance . According to Ryukyu Shimpo
00:35:56, in August, the popular independent candidate Shitao Kaname
00:36:00reached a policy agreement with the Liberal Democratic Party and suddenly withdrew from the election
00:36:04during 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.
00:36:15It might be a rash decision , but from here, everyone
00:36:18, please understand the situation and
00:36:21once again, let's win this election
00:36:25for Mr. Hotta .
00:36:57Nearly half of respondents listed it as their primary concern, more than
00:37:01twice as many as those historically concerned about the US military base issue
00:37:04. That's right.
00:37:40And in the view of Chiba Bosheng, a professor at Okinawa International University , the existence of US military bases
00:37:43is precisely the biggest obstacle hindering Okinawa's economic self-reliance
00:37:47. Okinawa's area accounts for only about
00:37:510.6% of Japan's land area , yet it hosts about
00:37:5470% of US military bases in Japan. The population
00:38:16has become a base in a de facto city.
00:38:19.
00:39:49In 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.
00:40:27elected as Governor of Okinawa Prefecture . In the following years, the central government
00:40:31and Okinawa Prefecture engaged in a tug-of-war over the construction of Henoko , but
00:40:35construction did not stop . Now, Tamaki
00:40:38Denny's re-election bid has failed , and the dispute over US military bases
00:40:42also faces changes. The Yomiuri Shimbun stated that in the face of a severe
00:40:46economic situation, Koshi's proposal to revitalize Okinawa's economic development
00:40:50will inevitably require the cooperation and financial support of the Japanese central government
00:40:54. During the election , Koshi stated that he hoped
00:40:58the Japanese government would increase the Okinawa prefectural government's budget for fiscal year 2027
00:41:01from recent years' 260 billion yen to
00:41:05over 300 billion yen . However
00:41:08, the people of Okinawa may have to pay a greater
00:41:12price 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
00:43:01his view, a country that cannot fully reflect on historical issues
00:43:05can hardly become a truly
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