岸田首相、新駐日米大使と会談　同盟強化へ「活躍を」

　岸田文雄首相は４日午前、１月に着任したエマニュエル新駐日米大使と首相官邸で会談した。日米同盟の強化や自由で開かれたインド太平洋の実現に向けた協力について意見を交わしたとみられる。
　首相は冒頭、「バイデン大統領の信任の厚い大使をお迎えできたことは、日米同盟の絆の強さを象徴する」と歓迎。その上で「日米関係前進のために活躍してほしい」と強調した。
　会談後、エマニュエル氏は記者団に「日米同盟の理想を実現するため、首相と一緒に汗を流したい」と語った。（2022/02/04-12:49）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hopes Friday that new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will play an active role in advancing Japan-U.S. relations.
   Welcoming Emanuel, who is highly trusted by U.S. President Joe Biden, as ambassador to Japan shows how strongly the two nations are bonded through their alliance, Kishida said at the start of his meeting with the new envoy, held at the prime minister's office.
   Emanuel arrived in Japan last month to fully take up the ambassadorial post, which had been vacant for more than two years since his predecessor, William Hagerty, resigned in July 2019.
   At the meeting, Kishida and Emanuel are believed to have discussed strengthening the bilateral alliance, as well as cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
   Emanuel told reporters after the meeting that he wants to work with the prime minister to achieve the ideals of the bilateral alliance. Biden's nomination of Emanuel to the Tokyo post was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December last year.