On the 13th, Minister of Public Administration and Security Lee Sang-min held a ministerial-level bilateral meeting with Junji Suzuki, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. Korea
The two leaders announced that they had discussed strengthening their cooperative relationship, including resuming exchange meetings for people involved in domestic affairs. This is the first visit by the Minister of Public Administration and Security to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 16 years since October 2007.
During the meeting, Minister Lee said, ``Currently, the relationship between Japan and South Korea is deeper than ever, and I hope that the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will further strengthen mutual cooperation and exchanges in the future.'' Minister Suzuki
``The relationship between the two countries is now on track to improve, with six Japan-South Korea summit meetings held this year,'' he said, adding, ``We will continue to develop the friendly and cooperative relationship we have built with the South Korean government, including the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.'' Let me
I want to go,'' he said. The ministers of both countries specifically expressed their hope that meetings between the Minister of Public Administration and Security and the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications would become regular, and agreed to continue to maintain close contact. Also in 1991
The Vice-Minister-level Japan-Korea Domestic Affairs Exchange Meeting, which began in 2008, has been resumed for the first time in six years, and the meeting will discuss issues that both countries commonly face, such as population decline, concentration in the metropolitan area, and the promotion of digitalization. learn and collaborate
We agreed to work together. At the same time, it was decided to revitalize people-to-people exchanges, such as mutual invitations and dispatch of staff and human resources. Secretary Lee also met with former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Hiroya Masuda.
They also discussed responses to regional decline and balanced development policies. First, Secretary Lee met with former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who first proposed the introduction of the hometown tax system when he was Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and discussed exchange and cooperation between Japan and South Korea.
Discussions were held on ways to strengthen the ``hometown love donation system,'' and ways to utilize the policy were explored. Former Prime Minister Suga said at this occasion, ``The current relationship between the two countries is in an unprecedented situation, and the political
We must continue to expand exchanges between prefectures and governments, and between citizens.''He added, ``It is important to introduce and learn from each other's strengths through cooperation, as in the case of the hometown tax donation system.''
reached. Prime Minister Suga Former, as chairman of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Federation, is leading efforts to support development and promote friendship between the two countries, and in March and May of this year, he also met with President Yoon Seo-gyeol to revitalize exchanges between the two countries.
We are exchanging opinions about. In addition, Secretary Lee published a book titled ``Regional Disappearance'' in 2014, which sparked controversy regarding the disappearance of Japanese regions, along with former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Masuda.
They also met and discussed the direction South Korea should take in response to population decline and the role of the central government. Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Masuda, wrote a report on the disappearance of rural areas during his tenure as chairman of the Japan Creation Council, in which he stated that due to population outflow,
It lists 896 regions in Japan that are likely to disappear by 2040 and warns of the serious problems facing Japan's rural areas.
At this meeting, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Former Masuda stated, ``Measures to prevent regional extinction will be effective in a short period of time.''
"Rather than hoping that things will come true, it is important for the central government and local governments to work together to steadily implement creative and diverse policies." Secretary Lee said, ``Shuttle diplomacy between the leaders of Japan and South Korea has resumed for the first time in 12 years.
I hope that through this ministerial-level meeting, the relationship between the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will be built for the future." All over Korea
"I want to embody the era of rural areas where it's easy to live anywhere."
2023/10/15 07:04 KST
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