臨時国会、１２日間で調整　補正予算成立目指す―政府・与党

　政府・与党は臨時国会を来月６日に召集し、会期を同１７日までの１２日間とする方向で調整に入った。自民党幹部が１６日、明らかにした。２０２１年度補正予算案を成立させた上で、国会閉幕後に２２年度予算案の年内編成を急ぐ。
　補正には政府が１９日に取りまとめる経済対策の裏付けとなる財源を盛り込む。岸田文雄首相は１６日の自民党役員会で「原油高対策など国民生活を支えるために、しっかりと対策を講じたい。速やかに実行に移すことが日本経済にとって極めて重要だ」と強調した。（2021/11/16-15:27）

Japan's government and Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc are considering convening an extraordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Dec. 6 for a 12 day-run, senior LDP officials said Tuesday.
   The two sides hope to ensure the enactment of a planned fiscal 2021 supplementary budget during the session and accelerate work after the session to compile a fiscal 2022 regular budget bill by year-end.
   The supplementary budget will finance a new economic stimulus package to be adopted by the government Friday.
   "We want to fully implement measures to support citizens' lives, including those to deal with higher crude oil prices," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a meeting of LDP executives Tuesday. "It's extremely important to put (the measures) into action swiftly for the Japanese economy."
   On the extraordinary Diet session, Kishida said, "We'll give full explanations and have thorough discussions so people can understand our policy measures."