韓国新大統領の指導力期待　松野官房長官

　松野博一官房長官は１０日の記者会見で、韓国の尹錫悦新大統領の就任を歓迎した。その上で「１９６５年の国交正常化以来築いてきた友好協力関係の基盤に基づいて日韓関係を発展させていく必要がある。大統領のリーダーシップに期待する」と述べた。
　松野氏は「日韓関係を健全な関係に戻すべく、日本の一貫した立場に基づき、新政権と緊密に意思疎通を図っていく」と強調した。（2022/05/10-11:24）

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Tuesday he pins hopes on new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's leadership in developing bilateral relations.
   "It's necessary to foster the Japan-South Korea relationship based on the friendly and cooperative ties that have been built between the two nations since the 1965 diplomatic normalization," the Japanese government's top spokesman told a press conference.
   "In order to revive healthy bilateral relations, we plan to communicate closely with the new administration, based on our country's consistent stance," Matsuno said.
   Meanwhile, Sanae Takaichi, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's hawkish policy chief, said that Tokyo must examine whether Yoon's administration will take concrete remedial measures regarding outstanding bilateral issues, namely Seoul's violations of international agreements, including the one over the comfort women issue, and its breach of the rules of courtesy through the establishment of a comfort woman statue in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.
   Comfort women, mostly Koreans, were prostitutes at Japanese military brothels before and during World War II. Wartime issues remain a sensitive topic between Japan and South Korea.