人口減克服へ緊急宣言　全国知事会議が閉幕

　福井市で開かれていた全国知事会議は２日、２日間の日程を終えて閉幕した。人口減少問題の克服に向けて国と地方、経済界などの協力・連携を呼び掛ける緊急宣言を決議。国に対し、少子化対策などの関連政策を統括する「司令塔組織」の設置を求める「福井宣言」を採択した。
　村井嘉浩会長（宮城県知事）は会議後の記者会見で、「司令塔をつくってほしいとたびたび言っているにもかかわらず、ぬかにくぎの状態で、非常に不満を持っている」と述べ、国に早期対応を求めた。（2024/08/02-12:33）

Prefectural governors from across Japan on Friday issued an emergency declaration calling for cooperation among the central and local governments, the business community and others to overcome depopulation problems.
   The declaration was adopted at a two-day meeting through Friday of the National Governors' Association in Fukui Prefecture.
   The association also adopted a joint communique urging the central government to establish an organization to oversee related policies including those to tackle the declining birthrate.
   At a press conference after the meeting, Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai, head of the nationwide association, claimed that the central government has been slow to respond to calls for launching such an organization.
   On the first day of the meeting, the association decided to set up a population strategy headquarters, while postponing the adoption of the emergency declaration due to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's request to revise the wording on correcting overconcentration in the Japanese capital.