両陛下、１２日に能登２町へ　再びお見舞い、３月に続き

　天皇、皇后両陛下が能登半島地震の被災者を見舞うため、１２日に石川県穴水、能登両町を日帰りで訪問されることが９日の閣議で報告された。両陛下の被災地訪問は３月に続き２度目。大きな被害が出た奥能登４市町全てに足を運ぶこととなる。
　宮内庁によると、両陛下は１２日午前、羽田空港発の特別機で能登空港（輪島市）に到着。自衛隊ヘリに乗り換えて午後、穴水町入りし、商店や住宅などの被災状況を視察し、避難所で被災者と面会する。
　続いてヘリで能登町に移動し、避難所で被災者を見舞い、被害が大きかった地域を視察する。
　両町では、災害対応に当たった関係者とも懇談し、夜に帰京する。悪天候時は翌１３日に延期される。（2024/04/09-08:33）

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit two towns in Ishikawa Prefecture on Friday to meet with people affected by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake that struck the central Japan prefecture on New Year's Day, the government said Tuesday.
   The Emperor and the Empress will visit the towns of Anamizu and Noto to meet with affected people at evacuation centers as well as relief workers, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The trip will be postponed to Saturday in bad weather.
   The visit comes after the Imperial couple traveled to the Ishikawa cities of Wajima and Suzu on March 22. They have been concerned about the sufferings of people in areas other the two cities, according to aides.
   The last time that the couple visited disaster-hit areas in the same prefecture successively was in February and March 1995 when they traveled to Hyogo Prefecture following a maginitude-7.3 quake while they were the crown prince and princess.