復興推進会議を開催　政府

　政府は１５日、岸田文雄首相の就任後初となる、復興推進会議を首相官邸で開いた。東日本大震災からの復興を引き続き政府の最重要課題の一つに位置付けることを確認。首相は「被災地の復興に向けて全力を尽くしていただきたい」と訓示した。今週末、被災地の岩手、宮城、福島３県を訪問し、視察を行う予定。（2021/10/15-10:21）

The Japanese government held a meeting of the Reconstruction Promotion Council Friday for the first time since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office Oct. 4.
   Participants in the meeting, held at the prime minister's office, agreed that the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 major earthquake and tsunami will remain among the most important agenda for the government.
   In the meeting, Kishida instructed officials to "make full efforts" to reconstruct disaster-affected areas.
   The prime minister plans to visit disaster-afflicted areas in the northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima this weekend.
   The government aims to promote understanding of its plan, announced in April, to release treated radioactive water from the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea, possibly starting in 2023.