核実験に厳しい対応も　対北朝鮮・台湾情勢を協議―日米韓高官

　【ワシントン時事】日米韓３カ国の安保当局高官は１日、ハワイで会談し、北朝鮮の核・ミサイル問題に加え、緊張が高まる台湾海峡を含むインド太平洋の地域情勢などについて協議した。北朝鮮が７回目の核実験に踏み切った場合、日米韓が連携して厳しく対応する方針で一致したもようだ。
　日米韓３カ国政府が発表した。協議には秋葉剛男国家安全保障局長、米国のサリバン大統領補佐官（国家安全保障担当）、韓国の金聖翰国家安保室長が出席。３高官は「北朝鮮の完全な非核化に向けた日米韓の緊密な連携」を確認した。（2022/09/02-14:34）

Top national security officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Thursday to boost cooperation to maintain the peace and stability of mainly the Korean Peninsula, amid concerns over North Korea possibly conducting its seventh nuclear test.
   According to the South Korean presidential office, Takeo Akiba, secretary-general of Japan's National Security Secretariat, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Kim Sung-han, head of South Korea's National Security Office, held a meeting in Hawaii.
   It was the first time for the three to meet in person since the inauguration of the administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in May this year.
   The top national security officials shared their views on the situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula and international affairs, and had an in-depth discussion on the future of trilateral cooperation, the presidential office said.
   The three also discussed cooperation in the economic security field, which includes cutting-edge technologies and supply chains.