２１年度予算、２６日成立

　与野党は２５日、２０２１年度予算案を２６日に採決することで合意した。参院予算委員会で与党などの賛成多数で可決後、参院本会議に緊急上程され、同日中に成立する見通しだ。
　野党側は採決の前提として、放送関連会社「東北新社」が衛星放送事業の認定を受けた際の総務省の内部文書を、予算委に提出するよう要求。与党側が一定程度応じたため、採決を受け入れた。（2021/03/25-19:18）

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Thursday to put the government's fiscal 2021 budget bill to a vote by the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Friday.
   The budget bill, which has already cleared the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, is expected to be enacted through the Upper House vote.
   The budget bill calls for general account spending of a record 106,609.7 billion yen, up 3.8 pct from the fiscal 2020 initial budget, while including 5 trillion yen in reserves for measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
   The opposition side agreed to face the Upper House vote after the ruling bloc made some concession to an opposition demand for the disclosure of communications ministry documents related to the ministry's approval of satellite broadcast license for Tohokushinsha Film Corp. , which is at the center of a wining and dining scandal involving senior ministry officials.