岩手、宮城の被災地で献花　岸田首相、教訓継承「私たちの責務」―東日本大震災１１年

　岸田文雄首相は１２日、岩手県陸前高田市と宮城県石巻市にある東日本大震災の津波復興祈念公園を相次いで訪れ、献花、黙とうした。この後、記者団に「震災や原発事故の貴重な教訓を後世にしっかり残し継承し、防災や減災に生かしていくことは私たちの責務だ」と述べ、復興と教訓継承への決意を示した。
　首相は１１年が経過した被災地の状況について「新型コロナウイルスの影響もあり、二重三重の苦労をしている。主要産業の水産加工業の販路回復や観光地の魅力を高める取り組みなど、産業やなりわいの再生をしっかり支援する」と語った。（2022/03/12-11:24）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his determination Saturday to rebuild areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.
   "It is our duty to preserve and pass down important lessons from the disaster and the nuclear accident and utilize the lessons for our disaster prevention and mitigation," Kishida said of the quake and tsunami as well as the triple meltdown that occurred at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
   Kishida made the comments to reporters in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, after visiting memorial parks in Rikuzentakata in neighboring Iwate Prefecture and in Ishinomaki to pay his respects to the victims of the disaster.
   He said that people in areas hit by the disaster are currently facing many hardships, including those from the COVID-19 pandemic.
   "We will provide support to revive industries and restore people's livelihoods in disaster areas," including aid to rebuild sales channels for seafood processing businesses and promote tourist destinations, he said.