加藤官房長官、デジタル庁の福島設置「検討」

　加藤勝信官房長官は５日の記者会見で、公明党の山口那津男代表が２日に菅義偉首相と会談した際、政府が創設準備を進める「デジタル庁」を地方創生などの観点から福島県に設置するよう提案したことを明らかにした。その上で、「官民を問わず能力の高い人材に集まっていただき、組織の役割を最大限に発揮してもらうことが必要だ。設置場所についても予断を持たずに検討を進めていきたい」と述べた。（2020/10/05-17:26）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato indicated Monday the possibility of the government studying the idea of setting up a proposed digital agency in Fukushima Prefecture.
   At a press conference, Kato said the idea was told to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga by Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of Komeito, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at their meeting on Friday.
   Yamaguchi picked Fukushima in the context of regional revitalization, as the northeastern prefecture has yet to recover fully from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami as well as damage caused by the meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Kato pointed out.
   Then the top government spokesman said the government aims to allow the agency "to fully play its roles" by gathering "highly talented people from the public and private sectors."
   All options will be discussed to decide where to set up the agency to that end, Kato added.