Overview
- During a Dec. 7 tour of Ishikawa, the prime minister visited the Suzu landslide site, temporary housing, Wajima’s morning-market fire area, Anamizu’s “Smile Marche” shopping zone, and the Wakura Onsen district.
- She said the government will seek to submit related bills in the next ordinary Diet to establish a Disaster Agency within fiscal 2026.
- She outlined the agency as an evolution of the Cabinet Office’s disaster functions to provide unified national command from prevention through recovery and reconstruction.
- In Wajima, she met Governor Hiroshi Hase and received a written request detailing recovery and reconstruction needs.
- She pledged close coordination with prefectural and municipal authorities and relevant ministries to speed assistance, with officials indicating detailed design work for the agency is underway.