米副大統領が安倍氏国葬参列　韓国も訪問へ

　【ワシントン時事】米ホワイトハウスは７日、東京都千代田区の日本武道館で２７日に営まれる安倍晋三元首相の国葬に、ハリス副大統領が参列すると発表した。アレン副大統領報道官は声明で「安倍氏の遺志をたたえ、日米同盟と『自由で開かれたインド太平洋』を推進した彼の指導力の重要性を強調するための訪問だ」と述べた。
　ハリス氏は２５日に米国を出発。訪日後、２９日に韓国のソウルも訪れ、尹錫悦大統領と会談する。日韓の両政府高官と、日米・米韓同盟の強化やインド太平洋地域の経済、安全保障などについて協議する。
　ハリス氏が日本と韓国を訪問するのは、昨年１月の就任後初めて。バイデン大統領の代理として弔問団を引率する。（2022/09/08-08:21）

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which will be held in Tokyo on Sept. 27, the White House said Wednesday.
   "Her visit will honor the legacy of Prime Minister Abe and underscore the importance of his leadership in championing the alliance between the United States and Japan and advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific," the vice president's press secretary Kirsten Allen said in a statement.
   Harris will leave the United States on Sept. 25. After visiting Japan, she will fly to Seoul on Sept. 29 and hold talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
   Meeting with senior Japanese and South Korean government officials, Harris plans to discuss the strengthening of the Japan-U.S. and U.S.-South Korea alliances, as well as economic and security issues in the Indo-Pacific region.
   Harris will visit Japan and South Korea for the first time since she took office in January last year. On behalf of U.S. President Joe Biden, she will lead the presidential delegation to the state funeral for the slain former Japanese prime minister.