米大使「日本は民主主義の模範」　安倍路線の継続訴え【２２参院選】

　【ワシントン時事】参院選での与党勝利を受け、エマニュエル駐日米大使は１０日、ツイッターで安倍晋三元首相の銃撃死直後の選挙となったことに触れ、「受け入れがたい暴力に直面した日本が民主主義の模範を示したことを祝福する」と表明した。「心が痛む出来事にもかかわらず、日本国民は参議選の投票に足を運び、自らの声を確実に届けた」と称賛した。
　エマニュエル氏はこの日、東京・富ケ谷の安倍氏私邸を弔問。「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」構想を提唱し日米豪印の枠組み「クアッド」を創設した安倍氏を「時代に先駆けた政治家」だったとたたえ、「私たちに残された課題は、彼のビジョンを受け継ぎ実行していくことだ」とも訴えた。（2022/07/11-05:49）

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Sunday he congratulates Japan on its "democratic example in the face of unconscionable violence," in reference to the country's House of Councillors election held within days of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   "Undeterred by the tragic events of the past few days, the Japanese people ensured their voices were heard by turning out to vote in the Upper House elections" on Sunday, Emanuel said in a Twitter post.
   On the same day, Emanuel visited Abe's home in Tokyo to convey his condolences to the family of the former prime minister, who was shot dead during a stump speech Friday.
   Abe, who created the Quad framework among Japan, the United States, Australia and India under his free and open Indo-Pacific initiative, "was a statesman ahead of his time," Emanuel said. "Our work ahead is to fulfill his vision by honoring his work."