御嶽山噴火８年で追悼式　犠牲者の冥福祈る―長野

　死者５８人、行方不明者５人を出した御嶽山（長野・岐阜県境、３０６７メートル）の噴火から８年を迎えた２７日、麓の長野県王滝村の松原スポーツ公園で犠牲者の追悼式が開かれた。噴火時刻に合わせて午前１１時５２分にサイレンが鳴らされ、参列者は黙とうをささげた。
　昨年は新型コロナウイルスの影響で献花式のみ実施され、追悼式は２年ぶり。王滝村と同県木曽町が主催し、遺族や阿部守一知事、地元関係者ら約６０人が参列した。
　岡山県赤磐市の堀口純一さん（７６）が遺族代表であいさつ。亡くなった長男英樹さん＝当時（３７）＝を「まだこれからの人生だったのに、本当に残念。きょうだいをよくまとめ、家族の誇りだった」としのんだ。
　阿部知事は「来シーズンからは八丁ダルミの規制が緩和される。火山防災対策に万全を期していく」と述べた。その後、遺族らが献花台に花を供えた。（2022/09/27-16:28）

A memorial service was held on Tuesday to mark the eighth anniversary of the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan, which killed 58 people and left five others missing.
   The ceremony was organized by the village of Otaki and the town of Kiso, both in Nagano Prefecture, and attended by about 60 people including Nagano Governor Shuichi Abe and local officials, as well as bereaved relatives.
   During the ceremony, the participants observed a moment of silence as a siren was sounded at 11:52 a.m. (2:52 a.m. GMT), the exact time when the 3,067-meter volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures erupted eight years ago.
   Such an anniversary ceremony did not take place last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
   The village of Otaki had been working on relaxing this summer its entry restrictions for a ridge connecting the Otaki and Kengamine peaks, where many of the victims lost their lives.