菅首相、バイデン氏と１２日にも電話会談　米新政権と関係構築急ぐ

　菅義偉首相は、米大統領選で勝利を確実にしているバイデン前副大統領と１２日にも電話会談する方向で調整に入った。複数の政府関係者が１１日、明らかにした。日米同盟の強化、拉致問題を含む北朝鮮への対応などで連携を確認し、早期の関係構築を図る。
　日本政府内では当初、現職のトランプ大統領に配慮する見方もあったが、バイデン氏が英国、ドイツ、フランスなど欧州諸国の首脳と相次いで電話会談したことを踏まえ、日本も対応を急ぐ必要があると判断した。首相は８日、バイデン氏にツイッターで祝意を表明したが、先進７カ国（Ｇ７）では最後だった。（2020/11/11-12:54）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden are expected to have telephone talks as soon as Thursday, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
   Through the talks, Suga aims to develop promptly a relationship with Biden and confirm with him that the two countries will reinforce their alliance and cooperate on issues including Japanese abductees in North Korea.
   The Japanese government was initially careful about arranging talks between Suga and Biden, in consideration for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump's refusal to accept Biden's victory in the presidential election earlier this month.
   However, Tokyo now finds it necessary to hurry to have Suga-Biden talks, after a series of European leaders had phone talks with the president-elect, the sources said.
   On Sunday, Suga issued a congratulatory message to Biden on Twitter. He was the last Group of Seven leader to do so.