通常国会、来月１７日召集　与党が立民に伝達

　政府・与党は来年の通常国会を１月１７日に召集する方針を固め、立憲民主党に伝えた。自民党幹部が１７日、明らかにした。会期は６月１５日までの１５０日間。延長がなければ参院選は７月１０日投開票となる見通しだ。岸田文雄首相は、召集前の訪米もなお模索している。
　通常国会は、２０２２年度予算案の年度内成立が最大の焦点で、夏の参院選をにらみ与野党の攻防が展開される。予算案のほか、経済安全保障推進法案やこども家庭庁設置法案なども提出される見込みだ。（2021/12/17-11:24）

The Japanese government and ruling bloc have told the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan that an ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, will be convened on Jan. 17, a senior official at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party revealed Friday.
   The regular session will run for 150 days until June 15.
   An election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, is expected to be held on July 10, if the Diet session is not extended.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is currently considering visiting the United States before the start of the regular Diet session.
   The main focus of the ordinary session will be whether the country will be able to enact the government's fiscal 2022 budget by the end of the current fiscal year through next March. With the Upper House election approaching, the ruling and opposition parties are expected to be engaged in a tug of war over the budget.