日米で災害支援拠点を整備へ　首脳会談で合意見通し―エマニュエル大使

　エマニュエル駐日米大使は５日、東京都内で一部記者団と懇談し、インド太平洋地域で自然災害が発生した際の迅速な国際支援の実施に向け、日米両政府が共同で支援物資の事前集積拠点を設ける方針だと語った。関係者によると、ワシントンで１０日に開かれる日米首脳会談で合意を確認する見通しだ。
　医薬品や水、テントなどを一カ所に集めて保管し、地震の多い台湾や、台風の影響を受けやすい南シナ海一帯で自然災害が起きた場合に、日米共同で直ちに備蓄物資を送り届ける構想。エマニュエル氏は「どの国ともやってこなかったことだ」と強調し、災害対応を通じ日米の影響力拡大を図る構えを示した。拠点の設置場所は明らかにしなかった。（2024/04/05-18:32）

Japan and the United States plan to jointly establish a hub for relief supplies to be sent in the event of natural disasters in the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Friday.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to confirm the plan at their summit meeting in Washington on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said.
   Under the plan, Japan and the United States will gather and store medical supplies, water and tents in one place and deliver stockpiled goods in the event of a natural disaster in areas including earthquake-prone Taiwan and the South China Sea, which is vulnerable to typhoons.
   "We haven't done this with any other country," Emanuel told a news conference in Tokyo, referring to the joint relief hub. He did not say where the facility will be established.
   On the occasion of the summit, Japan and the United States will announce plans to grant a total of 110 million dollars to two artificial intelligence research projects involving four universities in the two countries, Emanuel said.