能登支援、在日米軍が協力　物資輸送を想定―政府調整

　能登半島地震の被災地支援に関し、政府は在日米軍の協力を得る方向で調整に入った。自衛隊と連携した物資輸送などを想定。今後、支援の開始時期や具体的内容について、日米間で検討を急ぐ。複数の政府関係者が５日、明らかにした。
　被災地支援を巡っては、米国をはじめ複数の国・地域から申し出がある。政府は受け入れ態勢構築の負担などを理由に、これを原則として受け入れない方針。ただ、米軍は自力で移動手段や食料などを確保できるため、木原稔防衛相は５日、記者団に「今後、米軍の力も借りた支援を計画していきたい」と明言した。（2024/01/05-15:51）

The Japanese government is considering receiving support from U.S. forces to provide relief to a central Japan area hit by a powerful earthquake this week, government officials said Friday.
   Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military are expected to work together to deliver relief supplies, the officials said.
   Japan has received offers of support from the United States and several other countries since the New Year's Day quake, which struck the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast.
   But Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that Japan is not accepting any kind of physical support or relief supplies from overseas at this moment, citing the workload needed to receive it.
   Still, the U.S. military is capable of securing means of transportation and food supplies on its own. Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters Friday that his ministry is considering relief efforts with the help of U.S. forces.