岸田首相、先の大戦「反省」触れず　米議会演説、日米貢献訴え

　岸田文雄首相は米議会の上下両院合同会議で１１日に行う演説で、先の大戦に関する「反省」に言及しない方針を固めた。日米が「グローバル・パートナー」として、同志国と共に国際秩序の維持に貢献していく姿勢を訴える。覇権主義的行動を強める中国やロシアが念頭にある。複数の政府関係者が３日、明らかにした。
　外務省幹部は過去の歴史への「反省」に関し、「一区切りが付いている。今回の演説で触れることはない」と明言した。（2024/04/03-17:13）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unlikely to express remorse over World War II in a speech at the U.S. Congress on April 11, Japanese government officials said Wednesday.
   The issue of Japan's position on the war "has been settled to some extent" and Kishida "will not touch on it in the speech," a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official said. The speech will be "future-oriented," an aide to Kishida said.
   Kishida will be the first Japanese prime minister to deliver a speech at a joint session of the U.S. Congress since Shinzo Abe did in April 2015.
   In his 2015 speech on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, Abe said, "We started out on our path bearing in mind feelings of deep remorse over the war."
   Kishida will give his speech in English. He will state that Japan and the United States are partners in maintaining and strengthening the free and open international order based on the rule of law.