政府、ロシアに抗議

　林芳正官房長官は７日の記者会見で、ロシア政府が日本の北方領土返還要求運動に関係する団体を「好ましからざる団体」に新たに指定したことを受け、「極めて一方的で受け入れられない」として外交ルートでロシア側に抗議し、撤回を申し入れたと明らかにした。
　林氏は「本件が北方領土返還要求運動に関わる方々の活動に悪影響を及ぼすことがあってはならない。政府として引き続き適切に対応する」と強調した。（2024/02/07-12:01）

Japan has lodged a protest with Russia over its addition of a Japanese group seeking the return to Japan of Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands to its list of undesirable organizations, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.
   The addition is "extremely unilateral and unacceptable," Hayashi told a news conference, noting that the Japanese government has urged the Russian side through diplomatic channels to remove the Japanese group from the list. Russia bans entities on the list from operating on Russian soil, including the disputed islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan.
   "This matter should not have a negative impact on the activities of people involved in the movement to demand the return of the Northern Territories," Hayashi said, pledging that the government will continue to respond to the issue appropriately.