臨時国会、１０月４日召集軸　政府・与党

　政府・与党は菅義偉首相の後継を選出する臨時国会について、１０月４日に召集する案を軸に検討に入った。自民党幹部が７日、明らかにした。同党は今月２９日投開票の総裁選で菅首相に代わる新総裁を選出する見通し。その後、組閣や党役員人事などの準備のため、臨時国会召集までに一定の期間が必要と判断した。
　首相指名選挙を１０月４日と想定。衆院議員の任期満了が同２１日に迫っており、今後、新首相の所信表明演説や各党代表質問を行うかなどの検討を進め、会期幅を決定する。（2021/09/07-22:47）

The Japanese government and the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party are discussing the idea of convening on Oct. 4 an extraordinary parliamentary session for electing the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
   A certain period of time needs to be secured after the Sept. 29 LDP presidential election and before the convening of the extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, for the new LDP leader to prepare for the appointments of cabinet members and party executives, a senior LDP official said Tuesday.
   Last week, Suga, also president of the LDP, announced his decision not to run in the party's leadership election for effectively choosing the country's prime minister.
   The government and the ruling bloc assume the Diet's vote for nominating a new prime minister to be held on Oct. 4.
   The term of office for the current members of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, ends on Oct. 21. The length of the extraordinary session will be decided following discussions on whether the new prime minister would deliver a policy speech and hold question-and-answer sessions with other party representatives.