A Japanese article I read said that Mr. Abe spent about half of his 8-minute media event in front of the castle talking about helping Kumamoto recover. The article didn’t cite specifics, however.

– Kirk

P.S. Here’s the address of the Japanese article I read:

http://www.hochi.co.jp/topics/20160623-OHT1T50033.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/abe-defends-policies-as-campaigning-kicks-off