菅首相、２３日訪米　日米豪印で共同文書発表へ

　菅義偉首相は２３～２６日の日程で米国を訪問する。２４日にワシントンで開かれる日米とオーストラリア、インドの４カ国（通称クアッド）の対面形式では初となる首脳会談に臨むほか、バイデン米大統領との個別会談を調整している。加藤勝信官房長官が２１日の記者会見で発表した。
　クアッドでは新型コロナウイルスのワクチン供給や気候変動をめぐる連携強化を確認、成果をまとめた共同文書も発表する予定だ。加藤長官は会見で「地域が直面する共通の課題について首脳間で率直に議論し、自由で開かれたインド太平洋を推進していきたい」と語った。（2021/09/21-17:52）

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit the United States from Thursday to Sunday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato announced on Tuesday.
   During the visit, Suga is slated to attend a "Quad" summit among the two countries plus Australia and India in Washington on Friday. He is also expected to hold a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
   The Quad summit is expected to cover COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and measures against climate change while affirming the four countries' eagerness to beef up their cooperation to counter China.
   "We aim to promote our Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision through candid summit-level talks on common challenges facing the region, including the fight against the coronavirus," Kato told a press conference.
   Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit New York from Wednesday to Friday to attend the U.N. General Assembly session starting on Tuesday.