新組織「こども家庭庁」に　いじめ対応も分担

　政府は、２０２３年度の創設を目指す子どもに関する諸政策の司令塔となる新組織について、これまで検討してきた「こども庁」から「こども家庭庁」に名称を変更する方針を決めた。自民党が１５日に開いた会議に基本方針案を示し、了承された。新組織はいじめの問題に関し、文部科学省と連携して対応する役割も担う。
　子ども支援に関し、自民党内から「家庭もサポートする対象だ」と名称の見直しを求める意見が上がっていたことを踏まえた。公明党が先の衆院選で「子ども家庭庁」設置を掲げたことにも配慮した。磯崎仁彦官房副長官は１５日の記者会見で、「子どもの育ちを支えるためには家庭を支えることが大事という観点だ」と説明した。（2021/12/15-18:25）

The Japanese government plans to change the name of the envisaged "children's agency" to the "children and family agency."
   A draft of basic plans for the new agency, which will play a central role in the implementation of the government's policies for children, was approved at a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday.
   The new government agency, planned to be established in fiscal 2023, will also work with the education ministry to tackle bullying and will support local governments' consultations related to bullying.
   The renaming comes as some LDP members argued that families should also be eligible for the agency's support and as Komeito, the LDP's coalition partner, called for the creation of a "children and family agency" during its campaign for the Oct. 31 election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament.
   The change of the name is based on "our stance that supporting families is important in terms of helping the growth of children," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki told a press conference Wednesday.