岸田首相、ミサイル対応「支障なし」

　岸田文雄首相は１９日、北朝鮮による弾道ミサイル発射後に東京都内の病院で慢性副鼻腔（びくう）炎の治療を受けたことについて、「（ミサイルへの）政府、官邸一体となった対応を進めており、支障がなかった」と述べた。視察先の岡山県奈義町で記者団の質問に答えた。
　北朝鮮は１８日夕に弾道ミサイルを発射。首相は病院に入る直前に報告を受けたと明らかにした上で、「直ちに迅速な情報提供、安全確認を（行うよう）指示した。状況は逐次報告を受けていた」と強調した。治療についても「意識は絶えずしっかりしていた」として、会話なども可能だったと説明した。（2023/02/19-17:44）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that he sees no problem with the government's response to North Korea's ballistic missile firing Saturday in light of his visit to a Tokyo hospital soon after the launch.
   "There was no problem as the government and the prime minister's office were working as one" in response to the North Korean missile, he told reporters in the town of Nagi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.
   The missile, launched Saturday afternoon, fell into waters within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Hokkaido, northern Japan.
   Kishida said that he was informed of the missile firing just before he entered the hospital for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. "I immediately instructed my staff to keep me updated swiftly (over the missile launch) and check safety. I was informed of every development (in the situation)," he also said.
   "I was fully conscious throughout" the treatment," Kishida said, adding that conversation was also possible.