防衛力強化「一気に」　台湾への圧力、中国に自制求める―萩生田自民政調会長

　【高雄時事】自民党の萩生田光一政調会長は１１日午前（日本時間同）、台湾南部・高雄市にある義守大学で講演し、東アジアの安全保障環境が厳しさを増しているとして「現実に見合うだけの防衛力の抜本強化を一気に進めていく。行動こそが全てだ」との決意を示した。中国が台湾への軍事的圧力を強めていることについては「軍事的な緊張を高めるような行動は差し控えるべきだ」と強調した。（2023/10/11-11:10）

Japan will drastically strengthen its defense capabilities in one go in line with the realities of the increasingly severe East Asian security environment, Liberal Democratic Party policy leader Koichi Hagiuda said Wednesday.
   "Action is everything," Hagiuda of the Japanese ruling party said in a speech delivered at I-Shou University in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.
   With China increasing its military pressure on Taiwan, he said that Beijing should "stop any actions that could increase military tension."
   Quoting the words of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that "a Taiwan contingency is also a contingency for Japan," Hagiuda said, "Chinese military coercion has become prominent around Taiwan in recent years."
   He also said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not someone else's problem.