立民、衆院選公約に「辺野古移設中止」　尖閣防衛念頭、海保体制強化

　立憲民主党の枝野幸男代表は２４日の記者会見で、衆院選で訴える外交・安全保障公約を発表した。米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古への移設中止、同県・尖閣諸島の防衛を念頭に置いた海上保安庁の体制強化が柱。
　辺野古移設について、枝野氏は「いったん工事を止める」と明言。その上で「普天間飛行場の固定化は容認できるものと思っていないが、（米国と）一からしっかり議論することで解決策を図る」と述べた。
　公約では「対等で建設的な日米関係」を提唱。沖縄に多くの在日米軍基地が現存する状況を踏まえ、米国と基地の在り方を見直すための交渉を始めることや、日米地位協定の改定を進めることも盛り込んだ。
　人工知能（ＡＩ）やデジタル分野などの先端技術を含む経済分野での国際ルール作成戦略の強化、食料自給率の向上も掲げた。（2021/09/24-12:02）

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will pledge to stop the relocation of a U.S. military base to Okinawa Prefecture's Henoko area in its upcoming general election campaign, CDP leader Yukio Edano said Friday.
   "We'll suspend the construction," Edano told a press conference on the party's election pledges, referring to the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, also in the southernmost prefecture, to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.
   "We don't think keeping the Futenma air base at the current location is acceptable. We'll try to find a solution through discussions from scratch (with the United States)," Edano said.
   The main opposition party's campaign pledges for the election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, also include strengthening the Japan Coast Guard, looking to the defense of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa. Chinese coast guard ships have repeatedly entered Japanese waters around the islands, claimed by China.
   The CDP also proposes building "an equal and constructive Japan-U.S. relationship." With many U.S. military bases in Okinawa, the party said it will negotiate with the United States to review bases and revise the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement.