岸田首相、米誌タイム表紙に　軍事大国化「選択」と指摘

　米誌タイム（電子版）は９日、岸田文雄首相を表紙とする５月２２・２９日号の内容を掲載した。同誌は表紙で「日本の選択」と題し「岸田氏は数十年にわたる平和主義を放棄し、日本を真の軍事大国にしたいと望んでいる」と指摘した。
　岸田氏を特集した記事では、影響力を増す中国抑止を目指す米国の求めを受け、「世界第３位の経済大国を軍事力のある大国にしようとしている」と分析した。一方、日本の平和憲法や「核兵器のない世界」を目指す岸田氏の理念と、防衛力増強が相いれないという見方があることも紹介した。（2023/05/11-11:43）

The U.S. magazine Time features Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in its next May 22-29 issue, with the cover titled "Japan's Choice."
   "Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to abandon decades of pacifism--and make his country a true military power," reads the cover, released online Tuesday.
   In the feature article, Kishida is described as being eager to turn Japan, the third-largest economy in the world, into a military power following calls by the United States to do so in order to curb China's growing influence.
   The article says that some see the Kishida administration's defense buildup efforts as being incompatible with the country's pacifist Constitution and his aim to create a nuclear-free world.
   The article was written based on an interview held at the prime minister's official residence April 28.