岸田首相、補選応援で高知入り　立民幹事長は徳島で遊説

　岸田文雄首相（自民党総裁）は１４日、高知市を訪れ、２２日投開票の参院徳島・高知選挙区補欠選挙に向けて住民との対話集会に出席した。今回の補選での首相の応援は初めて。首相は人口減少に触れて「地方の活力維持のためにも取り組みを進める」と述べ、自身が掲げる「異次元の少子化対策」をアピールした。
　一方、立憲民主党の岡田克也幹事長は１４日、徳島県勝浦町で街頭演説。物価高対策などを盛り込む２０２３年度補正予算案の国会提出時期が明らかになっていないと指摘し、「一体何をやっているのか。本当に国民の痛みを分かっていれば、こんなに悠長ではないはずだ」と首相の対応を批判した。（2023/10/14-12:08）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the western Japan city of Kochi on Saturday to take part in a meeting with local residents ahead of a House of Councillors by-election to be held on Oct. 22.
   The visit marked his first campaigning activity for the by-election for an Upper House seat representing a district covering the western prefectures of Kochi and Tokushima.
   At the meeting, Kishida, who also is president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, brought up the issue of declining population, stressing the significance of his "unprecedented" measures to tackle the country's falling birthrate.
   "We will implement measures so as to maintain the vitality of regional areas," he added.
   Meanwhile, Katsuya Okada, secretary-general of the country's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, delivered a campaign speech in the town of Katsuura in Tokushima Prefecture.