東北新社社長の国会招致検討　与党、外資規制違反問題で

　与党は１０日、放送関連会社「東北新社」の中島信也社長の国会招致を容認する方向で検討に入った。総務省幹部接待問題が浮上して以降、野党が要求した同社関係者の招致は拒んできたが、放送法の外資規制に違反する状態だったと判明したため。早ければ１５日の参院予算委員会に参考人として出席を求める。
　立憲民主党の安住淳国対委員長は１０日、自民党の森山裕国対委員長と国会内で会い、中島氏と菅義偉首相の長男正剛氏、ＮＴＴの澤田純社長の招致を要求。その後も協議を続け、１６日に衆院予算委を開き、参考人質疑を行うことでは合意した。
　対象者は予算委の理事間で調整する。ただ、森山氏は記者団に、中島氏について「外資規制で問題があれば、参考人としていろいろお聞かせいただくのは大事だ」と招致に前向きな考えを示した。自民党の参院幹部も「野党から求められれば応ぜざるを得ない」と語った。
　澤田氏は１５日の参院予算委出席が決まっており、自民党は衆院予算委でも招致を認める方針。一方で、正剛氏については今後も拒否する構えだ。首相にさらにダメージとなる事態を避ける狙いとみられる。（2021/03/10-21:02）

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc is considering accepting an opposition demand for summoning Tohokushinsha Film Corp. President Shinya Nakajima to the Diet, the country's parliament, as an unsworn witness over the company's breach of foreign ownership rules.
   Since a wining and dining scandal involving the Tokyo-based satellite broadcasting company and senior communications ministry officials came to light earlier this year, the ruling coalition has rejected an opposition demand that people related to Tohokushinsha testify before the Diet. But the coalition has changed course because the company was found to have violated rules on foreign ownership under the broadcasting business law.
   Nakajima will be asked to attend a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, as an unsworn witness on Monday at the earliest.
   On Wednesday, Jun Azumi, parliamentary affairs chief of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, told his LDP counterpart, Hiroshi Moriyama, that Nakajima and Seigo Suga, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's eldest son, who works for Tohokushinsha, should be summoned.
   Later in the day, Azumi and Moriyama agreed that unsworn witnesses will be questioned at a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, on Tuesday. Who will be summoned is set to be discussed among senior members of the committee.