「１０月の総選挙予想」　河野防衛相

　【ワシントン時事】河野太郎防衛相は９日、米国のシンクタンク米戦略国際問題研究所（ＣＳＩＳ）主催のオンラインイベントに参加し「１０月中に総選挙が行われると予想している」と述べた。
　河野氏は「来年の東京五輪・パラリンピックに備えなければならず、総選挙を実施できる期間は非常に限られている」と発言。その上で「新首相は恐らくその機会をつかむ。米国民が（１１月に）大統領を選ぶ前に、選挙で選ばれた首相がいるだろう」と自身の見通しを語った。（2020/09/10-00:42）

Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono said Wednesday that a general election will likely be held in the country in October.
   In an online event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S. think tank, Kono said that a cabinet reshuffle will probably be carried out on Wednesday after the Diet, Japan's parliament, elects a new prime minister on the day following an election on Monday for picking a new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   "We expect an early general election, probably sometime in October...maybe in October," he said.
   "We're going to be ready for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, so I think that's going to be a very small window" for a dissolution of the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, and a subsequent general election, he said.
   "So the new prime minister will probably grab that window," Kono said.