通常国会２６日召集を伝達　政府

　林芳正官房長官は１６日午前、衆参両院の議院運営委員会理事会に出席し、通常国会を２６日に召集すると伝えた。政府は召集日に２０２４年度予算案を提出し年度内成立を目指す。野党側は自民党派閥の政治資金規正法違反事件に焦点を当て攻勢を強める構え。
　１６日の衆院議運委理事会で、与党は召集日に岸田文雄首相の施政方針演説など政府４演説を行い、これに対する各党代表質問を２９、３０両日に行う日程を提案。野党側は「政治とカネ」問題で首相が国会で説明することが必要だとして、引き続き協議することになった。（2024/01/16-12:26）

The Japanese government on Tuesday announced a plan to convene this year's regular session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, on Jan. 26 for a 150-day run through June 23.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi presented the plan at executive meetings of both Diet chambers' steering committees.
   The government and ruling parties will submit a fiscal 2024 state budget bill to the regular Diet session, aiming to have it enacted before the current fiscal year ends in March.
   In the session, opposition parties are expected to go on the offensive over a high-profile political funds scandal involving factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
   At Tuesday's executive meeting of the House of Representatives steering committee, the ruling bloc proposed scheduling four policy speeches, including one by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on the first day of the regular Diet session and question-and-answer sessions on the speeches on Jan. 29-30. The opposition camp held off a decision on whether to accept the proposal, stressing the need for the prime minister to offer explanations in the Diet about the political funds scandal.