臨時国会、１０月４日召集を閣議決定　新内閣発足へ

　政府は２１日午前の閣議で、自民党総裁選を受けて臨時国会を１０月４日に召集することを決定した。召集日に衆参両院本会議で首相指名選挙を実施し、新総裁を菅義偉首相の後継となる第１００代の首相に選出。直ちに組閣が行われ、同日中にも新内閣が発足する運びだ。
　１０月８日に新首相の所信表明演説、１１～１３日に各党代表質問を行う日程が想定されている。臨時国会の会期や具体的な日程、衆院解散・総選挙のタイミングは新政権が判断する。（2021/09/21-10:55）

The government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday decided to convene an extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, Oct. 4 to elect the country's new prime minister to succeed outgoing leader Yoshihide Suga.
   Both chambers of the Diet will hold an election for the new leader at a plenary meeting on the first day of the session, which will come after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership poll Sept. 29.
   The new prime minister will likely form a new cabinet later on Oct. 4, and the cabinet will likely be launched within the day.
   The new prime minister is seen giving a policy speech at the Diet on Oct. 8, followed by questions on the speech by representatives from both the ruling and opposition parties Oct. 11-13.
   The new administration will decide the duration of the extraordinary Diet session and the exact dates of events including the policy speech, as well as whether the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, will be dissolved and the date of a Lower House general election. The term of office for the current Lower House members is set to run until Oct. 21.