岸田首相、今月下旬の訪豪検討　安全保障で連携強化

　岸田文雄首相は今月下旬にもオーストラリアを訪問し、アルバニージー首相と会談する方向で検討に入った。政府関係者が５日、明らかにした。中国が覇権主義的な動きを強めていることや、北朝鮮が日本上空を通過する弾道ミサイルを発射したことを踏まえ、安全保障面での連携強化を図りたい考えだ。
　アルバニージー首相は５月に米国、インドを交えた４カ国の枠組み「クアッド」の首脳会議で日本を訪れ、９月には安倍晋三元首相の国葬に参列するため来日した。豪州訪問はこれに対する返礼の意味合いもある。（2022/10/05-23:03）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Australia as early as late this month to have talks with his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, it was learned Wednesday.
   Kishida is eager to strengthen security cooperation between the two countries, in the face of an increasingly hegemonic China, as well as in the wake of North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan on Tuesday, informed sources said.
   Albanese visited Japan in May, to join a Quad summit among Japan, the United States, Australia and India, and again in September, to attend a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   Kishida is partly considering a visit to Australia in return for the Japan visits by the Australian leader, according to the sources.
   Kishida had been planning to visit Australia in January but dropped the plan due to the spread of COVID-19.