女性の幹部登用求める　自衛隊会同で菅首相訓示

　菅義偉首相は１６日、防衛省で開かれた自衛隊高級幹部会同にビデオメッセージを寄せた。幹部会同への出席予定者約９０人のうち、女性が１人しかいないことに言及。「より複雑な環境に立ち向かうためには、これまでにない発想や柔軟な思考が求められる」と指摘した上で、「性別を問わず、意欲と能力にあふれた人材を積極的に登用していくことを期待する」と訓示した。
　自衛隊高級幹部会同は、防衛政策の方針を徹底させるために毎年実施している。岸信夫防衛相、島田和久事務次官、山崎幸二統合幕僚長ら防衛省・自衛隊の幹部約３０人が出席。各地の部隊はテレビ会議方式で参加した。（2020/12/16-12:29）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga urged the Self-Defense Forces on Wednesday to appoint more women as senior officers.
   Among some 90 people scheduled to attend the day's gathering of senior SDF members only one was a woman, Suga said in a video message for the gathering held at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo.
   "Unprecedented ideas and flexible thinking are needed to face up to a more complicated environment," Suga said, expressing his hope that the SDF will "actively appoint motivated and competent personnel regardless of gender."
   The gathering, held annually for the thorough implementation of Japan's defense policy, was attended by some 30 senior SDF members. Those in attendance included Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, Kazuhisa Shimada, administrative vice minister of defense, and Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff at the SDF's Joint Staff.
   Members of regional SDF units took part in the gathering via a teleconference system.