Infrastructure development to strengthen defense posture: adding national highways around Naha Airport; 26.9 billion yen to be spent in fiscal 2025 to improve access to Self-Defense Force facilities

[Tokyo] On the 1st, the government added Hirara Port, managed by Miyakojima City, and three sections of the surrounding national highway leading to Naha Airport to the list of facilities targeted for public infrastructure development, which is positioned as a comprehensive defense system strengthening. A total of 26.9 billion yen will be allocated for development in fiscal 2025. (Tokyo Press Department, Hibiki Yamashiro) This time, the governmen…