岸田首相、旧統一教会との関係否定　さらなる党対応が必要

　岸田文雄首相は２４日、世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）と自身の後援会長らにつながりがあると、同日発売の週刊文春が報じたことに関し、「私自身は知り得る限り関係ない」と重ねて否定した。自民党の「ガバナンスコード（統治指針）」に、問題が指摘される団体との関係を持たないと明記すると説明。その上で、さらなる対応の必要性を強調した。オンラインで記者団の質問に答えた。
　週刊文春によると、首相の熊本県の後援会長が、教団の関連団体とされる「日韓トンネル推進熊本県民会議」の議長だった。地元・広島の選対責任者を務めた県議らも、別の関連団体と関係があったという。
　これに関し、首相は「いずれの方も（教団と）関連しているとの意識がなかったと聞いている」と説明した。（2022/08/24-18:13）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated Wednesday that he has no personal ties with the Unification Church as far as he knows.
   Kishida was speaking to reporters online in response to a media report that some people linked to him have had relations with the religious group, officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
   According to weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun, the head of a support group for Kishida in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto has served as chairman of a Unification Church-linked local organization backing a Japan-South Korea tunnel project.
   The magazine also reported that a campaign manager for Kishida in the western prefecture of Hiroshima, which includes his constituency, has had connections with another Unification Church-linked body.
   "I heard that they were not aware of their links (to the Unification Church)," the prime minister explained.