岸田首相、現状変更「東アジアで許さぬ」　防大卒業式で危機感訴え

　岸田文雄首相は２７日、防衛大学校（神奈川県横須賀市）の卒業式で訓示し、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻について「展開次第ではわが国も戦後最大の危機を迎える」と危機感を示した。その上で、中国を念頭に「今回のような力による一方的な現状変更を東アジアで決して許してはならない。国民の生命と財産を守り抜く政府の最も重要な責務の一端を担ってほしい」と呼び掛けた。（2022/03/27-12:18）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida showed his resolve not to allow any unilateral change to the status quo in East Asia in an address Sunday to those graduating from the National Defense Academy.
   "Japan could face its biggest postwar crisis depending on the course of events" amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kishida said at the academy's graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.
   "We definitely must not allow this kind of unilateral change to the status quo by force to happen in East Asia," he said. "We want you to play a role in fulfilling the government's most important duty of protecting the lives and property of the people until the end."
   The actions of the international community including Japan "will set the future trend of the international community," Kishida said. "In the middle of a major transitional period, the international community must unite and act resolutely."
   He also referred to China's maritime expansion in the East and South China seas and North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Japanese exclusive economic zone Thursday.