上川外相、総裁選中に異例の訪米　２３日から、討論会に代役

　自民党総裁選に立候補している上川陽子外相は、国連総会に合わせて米ニューヨークで開かれる外相会合に出席するため、２３日から訪米する。国内にとどまり総裁選に専念するとみられていたが、公務を優先して異例の対応を取る。外務省が１７日、発表した。
　総裁選の投開票は２７日。上川氏は２５日に帰国する予定で、それまで陣営は候補者不在の戦いを強いられる。この間に開かれる党主催の討論会には、推薦人代表の牧原秀樹衆院議員が代理を務めるという。陣営関係者は「本人不在で大丈夫なわけがない」と危機感を示した。（2024/09/17-18:40）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election, will visit the United States from Monday to meet with her foreign counterparts in New York on the sidelines of a U.N. General Assembly session, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
   Kamikawa was initially expected to stay in Japan to focus on the party election. She will return home on Sept. 25
   In place of Kamikawa, Hideki Makihara, one of her nominators for the party election, is expected to participate in a debate among leadership candidates to be held by the party during her U.S. trip. One of her supporters voiced concern about her absence, saying, "It won't be okay."
   In New York, Kamikawa is slated to attend meetings of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies and from four countries seeking U.N. Security Council reform--Japan, Germany, India and Brazil.