尖閣で日米共同演習を　自民保守派

　自民党の保守系議員連盟「日本の尊厳と国益を護（まも）る会」（代表・青山繁晴参院議員）は２日、衆院議員会館で総会を開き、沖縄県・尖閣諸島周辺で自衛隊と米軍による共同演習を定期的に行うことなどを盛り込んだ政府への要請書をまとめた。中国海警局の武器使用権限を明記した「海警法」施行を受けた対応。５日にも菅義偉首相宛てに提出する。（2021/02/02-17:37）

A group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers on Tuesday adopted recommendations urging the Japanese government to conduct joint drills between the country's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military around the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, also claimed by China.
   The move by the LDP group, led by House of Councillors member Shigeharu Aoyama, came as China implemented a new law allowing its coast guard to use weapons.
   The group, which calls for protecting Japan's dignity and interests, will submit the recommendations to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday at the earliest.
   The recommendations also call for increasing the Japan Coast Guard's fleet of large patrol vessels, conducting an on-site survey on the islands' natural environment and cooperating with Vietnam and other countries opposing the new Chinese law.