On June 15, following DP President Katsuya Okada’s press
conference announcing The Democratic Party’s Priority Policies: Our
Promise to the People, the party’s electoral platform for the Upper
House election, International Department Director-General Yukihisa
Fujita and Vice Director-General Hiroe Makiyama held a follow-up
briefing in English for the foreign media.
After Fujita had given an overall introduction, Makiyama, who
had been a member of the DP Special Committee on key policies for
the Upper House election explained about the details of the
priority policies. The two carefully answered questions and
enhanced the foreign media’s understanding of the DP’s policy
platform for the forthcoming election.