通常国会、２６日召集　政治改革、能登地震で論戦―政府・与党

　政府・与党は１０日、通常国会を２６日に召集する方針を固めた。自民党派閥の政治資金規正法違反事件を受けた政治改革が最大の焦点となる。能登半島地震の復旧・復興や経済対策を巡っても論戦が交わされる。会期は６月２３日までの１５０日間。複数の政府・与党関係者が明らかにした。
　政府は能登地震の復旧・復興を進めるため、２０２４年度予算案に計上された予備費を現在の５０００億円から１兆円に倍増させる修正案を１６日にも閣議決定。通常国会に提出し、早期成立に全力を挙げる。（2024/01/10-18:02）

The Japanese government and ruling bloc plan to convene this year's ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Jan. 26, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
   The regular session will run for 150 days until June 23.
   High on the agenda will be political reform following a funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as well as economic measures and recovery from the deadly New Year's Day earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula.
   Some LDP members had sought to convene the Diet session on Jan. 22 to ensure that the government's fiscal 2024 budget was enacted by the end of March. But the government and ruling bloc apparently found it necessary to monitor how public prosecutors' investigation into the scandal will unfold.