新任国土交通大臣井林辰宪周三承诺，将以紧迫感应对暴雨及其他自然灾害。
New Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tatsunori Ibayashi on Wednesday pledged to respond to heavy rain and other natural disasters with a sense of urgency.
井林在接受媒体采访时表示，灾害应对是“紧迫议题”，并补充说高市早苗首相已强烈指示内阁成员优先考虑相关对策。
Disaster response is an “urgent issue,” Ibayashi said in an interview with media organizations, adding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has strongly instructed Cabinet ministers to prioritize countermeasures.
他指出，包括台风“杜鹃”在内的大规模自然灾害近期在日本造成了严重破坏，且“灾害类型已显著多样化”。
Large-scale natural disasters, including Typhoon Dujuan, have caused significant damage recently in Japan, he said. “The types of disasters have diversified considerably.”
此外，井林强调了支持自动驾驶技术的重要性，并提到无人驾驶出租车服务计划于2027年在东京启动。
Ibayashi also emphasized the importance of supporting self-driving technology, with unmanned taxi operations set to start in Tokyo in 2027.
他认为自动驾驶的实际应用对于消除交通服务盲区、解决物流人员短缺以及实现安全的机动化社会“至关重要”。
The practical application of autonomous driving is “very important to eliminate areas with no transportation services, resolve the shortage of logistics workers and realize a safe motorized society.”
他还回忆了数年前在洛杉矶乘坐无人驾驶出租车的经历，对工程师关于自动驾驶车辆“绝不会犯两次相同错误”的评价印象深刻，并强调日本汽车制造商需在自动驾驶技术的实际应用中保持领先。
He recalled his experience of taking an unmanned taxi in Los Angeles a few years ago, saying he was impressed by an engineer’s remark that self-driving vehicles “never make the same mistake twice.”Ibayashi also emphasized the need for Japanese automakers to lead in the practical application of self-driving technology.
针对利率上升导致的住房贷款成本增加问题，井林呼吁讨论进一步减税的可能性，并表示希望解决住房贷款问题，将其列为他在高市早苗内阁任职期间的优先事项之一。
Regarding rising housing loan costs due to higher interest rates, the minister called for discussions on a possible further tax cut for borrowers. He expressed a desire to tackle the housing loan issue, which he listed as one of his priorities in his answer to a questionnaire on a preferred post conducted by Takaichi.