岸田首相、「官邸事前報告」指示　コロナ対策めぐる方針撤回で

　岸田文雄首相は２８日、各省に対し、政治的に影響の大きい方針を決める際には首相官邸への事前報告を徹底するよう指示した。新型コロナウイルスの変異株「オミクロン株」対策をめぐり、文部科学省が濃厚接触者の受験生に大学入試などの本試験を受けさせない方針を決め、批判を浴びて３日後に取り下げた問題を受けた措置。首相周辺が明らかにした。（2021/12/29-00:02）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told government ministries on Tuesday to make sure that they inform the prime minister's office beforehand if they take policy measures with large political implications, sources close to him said.
   Kishida issued the instruction after the education ministry made an about-face on Monday and allowed people who had close contact with carriers of the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus to take university entrance examinations on the same day as other test-takers if they meet certain conditions.
   Due to growing criticism, the ministry retracted its decision, made three days before, to bar close contacts from taking exams on the same day.
   The prime minister's instruction was given to vice ministers and other senior ministry officials through Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shunichi Kuryu.
   Regarding measures against the omicron variant, the transport ministry came under fire for asking airlines in late November to stop accepting reservations for passenger flights to Japan and withdrew the request three days later.