サウナ振興へ「汗かく」　超党派議連

　サウナが好きな超党派の衆参両院議員は２２日、「サウナ振興議員連盟」（会長・自民党の武田良太元総務相）を立ち上げた。サウナの普及と発展に向け、与野党で「汗をかく」（武田氏）のが狙い。
　議連には自民、立憲民主、日本維新の会、国民民主各党などの約５０人が参加。今後はサウナの振興に向けた法整備の検討を進める。事務局長を務める立民の荒井優衆院議員は記者団に「サウナで『ととのう』ことも必要だが、これからは議連を中心に政界も整っていくと思う」と語った。（2022/11/22-14:48）

Japanese lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition camps launched a group for sauna promotion on Tuesday.
   The suprapartisan group will "sweat" with efforts to spread and develop saunas, its chair, former internal affairs minister Ryota Takeda of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said.
   The new group has some 50 members, including those from the LDP, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party for the People.
   It plans to consider developing legislation to promote saunas.
   "Sitting in a sauna is invigorating, and I think the parliamentary group will lead the revitalization of a political world," Yutaka Arai of the CDP, who serves as secretary-general of the group, told reporters.