岸田首相、初の被災地入り　避難所視察「心強く持って」―能登地震

　岸田文雄首相は１４日午前、最大震度７を観測した能登半島地震の被害状況を視察するため、石川県に入った。元日の発災後、首相の現地入りは初めて。避難所となっている輪島市立輪島中学校を訪問し、被災者と意見交換。「大変な状況が続いているようですが、全力で引き続き頑張るので心を強く持ってください」などと呼び掛けた。
　これに先立ち、航空自衛隊輪島分屯基地で隊員らを前に「皆さんの努力に心から敬意と感謝を表する。厳しい環境の中だが、被災者に寄り添い不安と将来に対する希望に応えてほしい」と激励した。
　視察には松村祥史防災担当相と馳浩同県知事が同行した。首相は現場のニーズを直接確認し、被災者支援や避難所の環境改善、復旧・復興に生かす考え。一連の視察後、記者団の取材に応じ、政府の当面の方針を明らかにする。（2024/01/14-12:56）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Ishikawa Prefecture on Sunday to inspect damage caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day.
   This is the prime minister's first visit to areas affected by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which left 220 people dead in the central Japan prefecture and 23 people still missing as of 9 a.m. Sunday.
   Speaking to people at an evacuation center set up at a junior high school in the Ishikawa city of Wajima, Kishida encouraged them to keep their hearts strong in the difficult situation, while vowing that the government will make every effort to respond to the disaster.
   At the Air Self-Defense Force's Wajima Air Station earlier in the day, the prime minister thanked SDF personnel for their disaster relief efforts and asked them to stand by affected people and address their concerns and hopes for the future.
   On his Ishikawa visit, Kishida was accompanied by disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura and Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase.