石破いしば首相しゅしょう“自動車じどうしゃ関税かんぜい引ひき下さげ 米べい大統領だいとうりょう令れいの署名しょめいへ働はたらきかけ”

The Diet held an intensive deliberation in the House of Representatives Budget Committee, where Prime Minister Ishiba expressed his intention to make every effort to urge the United States to promptly sign an executive order to lower automobile tariffs, which are vital to Japans national interests, as part of the Japan-U.S. agreement regarding U.S. tariff measures.

In the House of Representatives Budget Committee, an intensive deliberation was held with the attendance of Prime Minister Ishiba, Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa, and others, during which debates took place over issues such as the Japan-U.S. agreement regarding U.S. tariff measures.

Former Minister of Justice Yamashita of the Liberal Democratic Party said about the current agreement, Just as the principle of investment over tariffs was followed in the agreement with the EU, it has become the standard for countermeasures against the Trump tariffs.

I asked, Could you tell me about the significance of the agreement?

In response, Prime Minister Ishiba said, While creating jobs in the United States, we will not lose jobs in Japan, and together, by combining technology, labor, and capital, we will provide better products to the world.

Its what you call a win-win relationship.

Some have pointed out that putting things into action is more difficult than reaching an agreement, but I would like to continue to ask for your support.

Also, when asked whether, as the president of the Liberal Democratic Party, he had instructed the agreement among the Diet Affairs Committee chairpersons of six ruling and opposition parties, including the LDP and the Constitutional Democratic Party, to abolish the provisional gasoline tax rate within the year, Prime Minister Ishiba responded, Of course, thats what it means.

As I have instructed as the party president, the government will do whatever it can to ensure honest, steady, and prompt implementation, he said.

Representative Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party said about the Japan-U.S. agreement on tariff measures, In the 2019 Japan-U.S. trade agreement, a document was created, but it was effectively scrapped.

If we dont create an agreement document, wont the Trump administration keep broadening their interpretation and Japan keep getting ripped off? he questioned.

In response, Prime Minister Ishiba said, The other party is not an ordinary person, but someone who changes the rules.

What I fear most is that creating documents will delay the reduction of tariffs.

We should devote all our efforts to issuing an executive order that properly reduces automobile tariffs, which are most crucial to our national interests.

As a result of carefully considering what would best serve the national interest, we decided not to create an agreement document, he said.

In addition, regarding political reform, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda said, “We are calling for a ban on corporate and organizational donations, but the first and second largest parties must seriously discuss, reach a conclusion, and be prepared to call on other parties to support it.”

He called for “not leaving it only to the working-level officials, but for Prime Minister Ishiba and myself to sit down together, discuss, and work toward reaching an agreement.”

In response, Prime Minister Ishiba said, We will discuss with party leaders the fundamental issue of how to ensure that no party is treated unfairly and that politics is not influenced by money, and we will strive to share these efforts with all parties.

I would also like to make a request.

Furthermore, Prime Minister Ishiba said regarding the message he wants to issue on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, Regardless of the format, it is necessary to issue a statement to prevent the fading of memories and to ensure that war never happens again.

I have strong feelings about what to communicate to the world, so I want to make it better while taking various opinions into account, he said.