彼は公人としての責任を果たしている。
He is fulfilling his responsibilities as a public figure.
大臣は公人である以上、発言には慎重であるべきだ。
As a public official, a minister ought to be careful about what he says.
首相の参拝が公人としてか私人としてかが議論になった。
There was debate over whether the prime minister's shrine visit was made in his public or his private capacity.