核実験準備整った可能性　北朝鮮ミサイル、弾頭化実現―浜田防衛相

　相次ぐ北朝鮮による弾道ミサイル発射を受け、参院外交防衛委員会が１３日に開かれ、浜田靖一防衛相は北朝鮮の最新動向として「核実験を実施する準備が整っている可能性がある」と指摘した。その上で、米韓両国と警戒監視を強めていく方針を示した。立憲民主党の福山哲郎氏への答弁。
　これに先立ち、衆院安全保障、外務、拉致問題特別各委員会が連合審査会を開いた。立民の玄葉光一郎氏が北朝鮮の核・ミサイル開発の現状を質問したのに対し、浜田氏は「わが国を射程に収める弾道ミサイルは、核兵器を搭載して攻撃するために必要な小型化、弾頭化を実現しているとみられる」と改めて説明した。（2022/10/13-16:44）

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Thursday that there is a possibility of North Korea having made preparations needed for conducting a nuclear test.
   Japan will work with South Korea and the United States to enhance vigilance and surveillance activities, he said at a meeting of the House of Councillors' Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, held in response to a recent string of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang.
   Earlier in the day, Hamada attended a joint meeting of the House of Representatives committees on security, foreign affairs and the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago.
   Responding to a question from Koichiro Genba of the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan about the current status of North Korea's nuclear and missile development, Hamada said that North Korea is seen to have succeeded in the development of smaller nuclear warheads that can be mounted on ballistic missiles capable of reaching Japan.
   Genba also asked Hamada about the difference between the exercise of counterstrike capabilities, which the Japanese government is considering acquiring, and preemptive strikes, which some say could violate the Japanese Constitution and international law.