岸田首相、広島サミットの看板掛け　外務省に事務局発足

　岸田文雄首相は１５日午前、外務省を訪れ、来年５月に広島市で開催する先進７カ国首脳会議（Ｇ７サミット）の事務局の看板掛けを行った。首相は記者団に「国際社会が激動する中、日本の存在感をしっかり世界に示し、議論をリードしていきたい」と強調した。
　事務局は北川克郎事務局長の下に約３０人で発足。各国との日程調整や宿舎の手配、会場設営などに当たる。最終的に２００人規模まで増員する。（2022/07/15-11:28）

The Japanese government Friday launched the secretariat for the Group of Seven Hiroshima summit to be held in the western Japan city May 19-21, 2023.
   Prime Minister Fumio Kishida put up a signboard at the entrance of the office of the secretariat in the Foreign Ministry.
   "We'll show the presence of Japan to the world and lead discussions at a time when the international community is in turbulence," Kishida told reporters.
   The secretariat, led by Katsuro Kitagawa, will adjust schedules with other G-7 members, prepare accommodations for relevant officials and set up conference venues. Its staff will increase from the initial 30 to some 200 eventually.
   In May this year, Kishida said that Japan will host the 2023 G-7 summit in Hiroshima, one of the two cities atomic bombed by the United States in 1945.