岸田首相、月内にも訪米　同盟深化確認へ

　岸田文雄首相はバイデン米大統領と会談するため、１１月中にも米国を訪問する方向で調整に入った。政府関係者が４日、明らかにした。首相の所信表明演説や２０２１年度補正予算案の審議が予定される臨時国会は早ければ１１月下旬召集と見込まれ、年内は日程が立て込むことから、召集前のタイミングが望ましいと判断した。
　首相は先の訪英中にバイデン大統領と短時間会談した際、年内にも訪米して正式な首脳会談を行うことで一致した。この会談では中国の動きを念頭に置いた「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」実現に向けて緊密に連携していくことも申し合わせており、訪米の際も日米同盟の深化を再確認したい考えだ。（2021/11/04-22:34）

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting the United States as early as this month to hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese government sources said Thursday.
   Kishida thinks it is better to visit the United States before an extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, that is likely to be convened in late November to hear his policy speech and handle a supplementary budget, government sources said.
   During his visit to Scotland on Tuesday to attend a U.N. climate summit, Kishida had a short conversation with Biden and agreed to visit the United States within this year for a formal meeting.
   In their conversation, the two leaders also agreed to keep working closely to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region, given China's increasing assertiveness.
   Kishida aims to reaffirm the importance of deepening the Japan-U.S. alliance during his envisaged visit to the United States, the sources said.