3月16日の参議院予算員会で三原じゅん子参院議員が行った質問のなかで、「八紘一宇は大切にしてきた価値観」と発言した。 TOKYO - JULY 30: (JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS OUT) Newly elected lawmaker Junko Mihara attends the 175th extraordinary diet session at the Diet Buildings on July 30, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Democratic Party of Japan find difficulty in steering the Diet as they lost the Upper House election on July 11. (Photo by Sanke