Ｇ７サミット、広島で開催へ　岸田首相決定、バイデン氏支持

　岸田文雄首相は２３日のバイデン米大統領との会談で、日本が議長国となる来年の先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）を被爆地の広島市で開催する方針を伝えた。バイデン氏は支持を表明し、成功に向け連携することで一致。首相はこの後の共同記者会見でロシアのウクライナ侵攻に触れ、「核兵器による脅かしも国際秩序転覆の試みも断固拒否する意思を示したい」と強調した。
　首相は広島選出の国会議員として「核なき世界」実現を訴えてきた。国際社会に発信する機会として地元に期待が強かったことを踏まえ、広島開催を決断したとみられる。（2022/05/23-17:27）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that his country will host next year's Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, one of the two Japanese cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in the closing days of World War II.
   Kishida unveiled the plan during a meeting in Tokyo with U.S. President Joe Biden, who expressed his support for it. The two leaders agreed to cooperate to realize a successful G-7 summit in Hiroshima.
   The Japanese prime minister told a joint press conference with Biden after their meeting that he plans to use the summit to express the G-7's resolve to "consistently reject any threats using nuclear weapons and attempts to overthrow the international order," apparently referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   Kishida, whose constituency is in Hiroshima, has been calling for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons. "Hiroshima would be the most suitable place to demonstrate our commitment to peace," he said.
   "I want to show the world our pledge of never having humanity experience the horrors of nuclear weapons and affirm the G-7 cooperation to protect peace, international order and our values in front of a monument of peace," he said.