邦人救出、超法規措置も　自民・林氏「その後に引責辞任」―総裁選

　自民党総裁選に立候補した林芳正官房長官は１５日のフジテレビ番組で、台湾有事の際の邦人救出について「私が首相になった時は法律を少し超えるところがあってもやりたい」と表明した。「その後、責任を取って辞任する」とも語った。
　台湾周辺で中国が海上封鎖に踏み切った場合、安全保障関連法に基づきどう事態認定するか問われ、高市早苗経済安全保障担当相は「（集団的自衛権を限定行使できる）存立危機事態になるかもしれない」と指摘。石破茂元幹事長は「少なくとも（米軍など他国軍を後方支援できる）重要影響事態だ」と語った。
　小泉進次郎元環境相は北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題に関し、金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記との意思疎通が重要だとの認識を示した上で「父親同士が会った歴史もある」と強調。２００２年と０４年に小泉純一郎首相と金正日総書記が会談した経緯も活用して突破を図りたいとの考えを示した。（2024/09/15-16:57）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's upcoming presidential election, said on Sunday that he would be willing to use even extralegal means to rescue Japanese citizens in the event of an emergency in Taiwan if he becomes prime minister.
   "In that case, I would resign (as prime minister) to take responsibility," Hayashi said in a television program.
   In the program, LDP presidential candidates were asked how they would respond under Japan's national security legislation if China imposes a maritime blockade around Taiwan.
   Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi said it could be a situation where Japan is allowed to use its collective self-defense right in a limited way. Former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba said it would at least be a situation where Japan is allowed to provide logistical support to other countries such as the United States.
   On the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi stressed the need to communicate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He referred to the 2002 and 2004 meetings of their fathers, then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, suggesting that he is willing to use this history to achieve a breakthrough.