岸田首相、ロシア産原油禁輸「国益基づき対応」　震災復興に全力―参院予算委

　岸田文雄首相は７日の参院予算委員会で、ウクライナに侵攻したロシアへの制裁をめぐり米国が検討しているロシア産原油の輸入禁止措置について、「エネルギーの安定供給は最大限守るべき国益との考えに基づき、国際社会と連携しながらも適切に対応していく」と述べた。日本維新の会の片山大介氏への答弁。
　ロシアからの液化天然ガス（ＬＮＧ）供給が途絶えた場合の影響について、萩生田光一経済産業相は「現時点でわが国のエネルギー安定供給に直接的な影響が出るとは想定されない」と語った。公明党の三浦信祐氏への答弁。
　首相は日本、米国、オーストラリア、インドの４カ国（通称クアッド）首脳会合を数カ月以内に東京で開催すると説明。ウクライナ情勢などに関し、「こうした機会も活用し、日米豪印の連携を確認したい」と述べた。
　東日本大震災の発生から１１日で１１年となることを受け、首相は「引き続き被災地の声を受け止め、『東北の復興なくして日本の再生なし』との強い決意の下、被災地の復興に向けて全力を尽くす」と強調。福島県が主催する追悼式などに出席するため１１、１２両日に被災地を訪問する考えも示した。同党の横山信一氏への答弁。（2022/03/07-18:13）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday stressed his eagerness to do everything to help reconstruct areas in the Tohoku northeastern region affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent severe nuclear accident.
   With Friday set to mark the 11th anniversary of the natural disaster, "we will give our all to rebuild affected areas with a strong resolve that there will be no regeneration of the country without the reconstruction of Tohoku, while continuing to listen to what people there have to say," Kishida told a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   He indicated that he plans to visit affected areas Friday and Saturday to attend events, including a memorial ceremony to be hosted by the government of Fukushima Prefecture, part of Tohoku and home to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station, where an unprecedented triple reactor meltdown occurred due to damage from the quake and tsunami.
   Asked whether Japan's liquefied natural gas procurement will be affected by economic sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said at the committee meeting, "I don't expect to see a direct impact on our country's stable energy supply."
   Kishida said that the four member countries of the Quad framework--Japan, the United States, Australia and India--will hold an in-person summit in Tokyo within a few months. "I hope to take this and other opportunities to confirm the four countries' cooperation" over the Ukraine situation and other matters, he said.