日米防衛相が初の電話会談

　岸信夫防衛相は７日午前、米国のエスパー国防長官と初めて電話会談した。岸氏は導入を断念した陸上配備型迎撃ミサイルシステム「イージス・アショア」の代替案の検討状況を説明。両氏は日米が緊密に連携し検討を進める方針を確認した。
　中国や北朝鮮を含むインド太平洋地域の情勢についても意見交換。米軍普天間飛行場（沖縄県宜野湾市）の名護市辺野古への移設を含む米軍再編計画の推進に向けて協力する考えで一致した。（2020/10/07-09:48）

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in their first phone talks on Wednesday, agreed that the two countries will cooperate closely in efforts to build a new missile defense system for Japan.
   Kishi, who took office on Sept. 16 under the administration of new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, explained to Esper how work is progressing on considering the alternative to Japan's scrapped Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system.
   The two also exchanged opinions on issues in the Indo-Pacific region, covering nations such as China and North Korea. They agreed that Japan and the United States will work together to implement U.S. forces realignment initiatives, including the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in the southernmost Japan prefecture.