地元ともっと話し合いを　訪米中の沖縄知事が訴え

　【ワシントン時事】訪米中の沖縄県の玉城デニー知事は９日、ワシントンの保守系シンクタンク「ハドソン研究所」で講演した。６月に相次いで発覚した米兵による性的暴行事件を踏まえ、「日米両政府と地元の話し合いの場を多く持つことが大切だ」と対話の機会を増やすよう訴えた。
　玉城氏は講演で、米兵の犯罪が沖縄県に通報されなかったことに「大きなショックを受けるとともに、不安や不信感を抱かざるを得ない」と述べた。その上で「日米安全保障体制の安定的な維持のためには、地元の理解が不可欠だ」と指摘した。
　玉城氏は同研究所のワインスタイン日本部長とも個別に会談した。ワインスタイン氏はトランプ前大統領（共和党）が２０２０年に駐日大使に指名したが、議会手続きの停滞で承認されなかった経緯がある。（2024/09/10-08:55）

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki on Monday requested that Tokyo and Washington have more talks with locals in the southern Japan prefecture, following the revelation in June of a series of sexual assaults by U.S. servicemen there.
   "It is important to have many opportunities for dialogue between the Japanese central and U.S. governments and local communities," he said in a speech at the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington.
   Tamaki also said that he was greatly shocked and could not help but feel anxiety and distrust because the crimes of U.S. servicemen were not reported to the Okinawa prefectural government.
   For the stable maintenance of the Japan-U.S. security system, the understanding of local communities is essential, he went on.
   Separately, Tamaki met with Kenneth Weinstein, the Japan chair at the Hudson Institute. Weinstein was nominated in 2020 by then U.S. President Donald Trump as U.S. ambassador to Japan, but the nomination was not approved due to stalled congressional proceedings.