日米、拡大抑止で協議　核戦力増強に対応

　日米両政府は米国の「核の傘」を含む拡大抑止に関する事務レベル協議を１３、１４両日、核戦力を配備する米西部ワイオミング州の空軍基地で開いた。北朝鮮の核・ミサイル開発やロシアとの軍事協力、中国の急速な核戦力増強について認識を共有した。日本政府が１５日、発表した。
　協議では、４月の日米首脳会談を踏まえ、日米の統合的な抑止力を向上させる方策を検討。大陸間弾道ミサイル（ＩＣＢＭ）部隊を視察した。日本側から外務省の宮本新吾北米局参事官、防衛省の安藤敦史防衛政策局次長らが参加した。（2024/06/15-16:28）

Working-level officials of Japan and the United States discussed extended deterrence, including the U.S. nuclear umbrella, over two days until Friday.
   At the Extended Deterrence Dialogue, held at a U.S. Air Force base in Wyoming, where nuclear forces are deployed, the two sides shared the recognition about North Korea's nuclear and missile development and its military cooperation with Russia, which continues its military aggression against Ukraine, as well as China's rapid buildup of nuclear forces, according to an announcement by Japan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
   They discussed ways to enhance the joint deterrence capabilities of Japan and the United States comprehensively, based on the results of a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden in April.
   Participants also inspected a U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile unit.
   From Japan, Shingo Miyamoto, deputy director-general at the Foreign Ministry's North American Affairs Bureau, and Atsushi Ando, deputy director-general at the Defense Ministry's Defense Policy Bureau, attended the two-day meeting.