2021.10.18 19:40Nation

拉致解決「先頭に立つ」　岸田首相、被害者家族と初面会

　岸田文雄首相は１８日、北朝鮮に拉致された横田めぐみさんの母早紀江さんや被害者家族会の飯塚繁雄代表らと首相官邸で就任後初めて面会した。首相は「私の内閣でも変わりなく拉致問題は最重要課題だ。私自身先頭に立って取り組んでいかなければいけない」と早期解決へ決意を示した。
　首相は安倍晋三元首相や菅義偉前首相と比べ、これまで拉致問題への関与が薄かったとして不安視する向きも多い。就任２週間で直接会うことで、家族会側の懸念を取り除きたい考えとみられる。面会には拉致問題担当相を兼ねる松野博一官房長官が同席した。（2021/10/18-19:40）

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2021.10.18 19:40Nation

Kishida Vows to Resolve North Korea's Abductions

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that he will lead efforts to resolve North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens.
   "The abduction issue remains a top priority under my administration," Kishida said at a meeting with families of Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea decades ago.
   "I will personally lead efforts to resolve the issue," he said.
   The families included Sakie Yokota, mother of abductee Megumi Yokota. Kishida met with them for the first time since he took office on Oct. 4.
   The meeting just two weeks into his term as prime minister was apparently intended to allay concerns that Kishida has not been involved in the abduction issue as much as his predecessors Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga.