自公党首、連立堅持を確認　衆院埼玉・愛知で自民が支援

　岸田文雄首相（自民党総裁）は３０日、公明党の山口那津男代表と首相官邸で会談した。次期衆院選の協力を巡り自公間に亀裂が生じている現状に関し、連立政権の枠組みに影響させないことを確認した。両党幹事長も別途会談し、自民党が埼玉、愛知両県で公明党の衆院選候補を支援する方針を伝えた。
　首相は会談で「（自民執行部に）丁寧に対応するよう言ってある」と説明。山口氏はこの後、記者団に「連立の意義、大局を大事にしながら、連携を保っていこうと確認し合った」と語った。
　自民・茂木敏充、公明・石井啓一の両幹事長は国会内で会談。茂木氏は協力解消の動きが東京以外に拡大するのを防ぎたい考えで、公明党が埼玉、愛知両県で擁立を決めた候補の支援に向けて自民党の両県連と調整を急ぐ方針を説明した。（2023/05/30-13:11）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi affirmed Tuesday that the two parties will maintain their ruling coalition despite a recent rift over election cooperation.
   In a meeting at the prime minister's office, Kishida and Yamaguchi agreed that the row between the LDP, which leads the ruling camp, and Komeito over their cooperation in the next election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, should not affect the two parties' coalition framework.
   Kishida told Yamaguchi that he has urged the LDP executive team to handle the issue carefully.
   "We agreed to maintain our cooperation while respecting the significance of the coalition and a big-picture perspective," Yamaguchi told reporters after the talks.
   In a separate meeting, LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi told his Komeito counterpart, Keiichi Ishii, that the LDP plans to support candidates Komeito will put up in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, and Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the next Lower House general election.