政府、被害状況把握に全力　応急対策、岸田首相が指示―首都圏地震

　千葉県北西部を震源とする地震を受け、岸田文雄首相は７日深夜、被害状況の把握に全力を挙げるとともに、自治体と連携して被災者の救命・救助などの災害応急対策に当たるよう関係省庁に指示した。国民への適時・的確な情報提供や被害の拡大防止も求めた。
　政府は併せて、首相官邸の危機管理センターに官邸対策室を設置。被害状況に関し、松野博一官房長官は記者会見で「原子力施設は現在のところ異常はないと報告を受けている」と述べた。
　首相は地震発生から約３０分後に東京・赤坂の衆院議員宿舎を出発し、午後１１時１５分すぎに官邸入り。松野長官や二之湯智防災担当相らと２時間余り情報収集に努めた後、記者団に「帰宅困難者が生じており、事業者にできる限りの協力を要請している」と述べた。（2021/10/08-01:45）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed relevant ministries and agencies on Thursday night to make all-out efforts to figure out damage from the strong earthquake that hit the Tokyo metropolitan area the same day.
   Kishida also urged the government bodies to cooperate with local governments concerned in rescuing and supporting affected people, provide the public with accurate information in a timely way and work to prevent damage from spreading.
   The earthquake struck only three days after Kishida took office. It measured upper 5, the fourth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of zero to 7, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward and two municipalities in Saitama Prefecture, north of the Japanese capital.
   The government set up an office for dealing with the earthquake at the crisis management center of the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
   At a hurriedly arranged news conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that "there has been no report of abnormalities caused to nuclear facilities" by the temblor.