# Japan Defense Ministry Signs Deal for Former Kure Steelworks Site

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- Source language: Japanese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:41
- Published: 2026-11-12
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## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=1) Today, the Ministry of Defense and Nippon Steel signed an agreement to acquire the former site of the Setouchi Steelworks’ Kure District, located in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=14) The former Nippon Steel site in Kure, where a formal sales contract was signed today.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=19) Minister Koizumi said, “For national security, this is an extremely important area.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=25) We will also quickly work to attract private companies and widely solicit applications from companies involved in manufacturing equipment and research and development.”

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=35) The Ministry of Defense has previously announced a plan to develop a multifunctional defense hub at the former Nippon Steel site in Kure, including facilities for storing explosives and manufacturing and upkeep of drones.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=47) It was decided the site would close in 2020, and now, about 6½ years later, it's decided.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=54) The people who worked there, you know, have gone elsewhere and all, so Kure just keeps declining.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=59) I hope it creates jobs, that would be good.

[1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=63) There are wars around the world, you know, so it could be a target, right?

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=70) Just being known as a city with such a facility, well, makes that possibility feel less distant.

[1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/aSOyknKsGuFq/en/japan-defense-ministry-signs-deal-for-former-kure-steelworks-site?t=79) Kure Mayor Niihara says it could revitalize Kure through job growth, potential defense-related tourism, and more. says it could lead to Kure's revitalization in many ways.