鹿屋の米無人機、７月から８機　防衛省、地元に計画伝達

　米軍の無人偵察機「ＭＱ９」を海上自衛隊鹿屋航空基地（鹿児島県鹿屋市）に一時展開させる計画をめぐり、防衛省は２３日、今年７月ごろから１年間、８機を配備する方針を関係自治体に伝えた。整備などで米兵らが１５０～２００人駐留する。（2022/05/23-19:17）

The Defense Ministry has conveyed to local governments its plan to temporarily deploy eight MQ-9 reconnaissance drones of the U.S. military in Kagoshima Prefecture, western Japan, from July.
   The unmanned aerial vehicles will be deployed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the city of Kanoya for about a year. About 150 to 200 U.S. military personnel will be stationed for maintenance and other related work.
   On Monday, defense officials including Parliamentary Vice Minister Tsuyohito Iwamoto visited Kanoya Mayor Shigeru Nakanishi and Kagoshima Governor Koichi Shiota at their offices to brief them on the drone deployment plan.
   Bearing in mind the increasingly severe situation in the East China Sea, Shiota asked whether the deployment may continue more than one year.
   A ministry official replied that there is no plan to extend the deployment.