１９日に党首討論　３年ぶり、岸田政権で初

　自民、立憲民主両党は１２日、党首討論を１９日に開くことで合意した。開催は２０２１年６月以来３年ぶりで、岸田政権下で初めてとなる。自民党派閥の裏金事件を受けた政治改革などを巡り、論戦が展開される見通しだ。
　自民・浜田靖一、立民・安住淳の両国対委員長が国会内で会談して決めた。（2024/06/12-12:26）

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday agreed that political party leaders will hold a parliamentary debate session on June 19, the first such talks since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office in October 2021.
   The debate is expected to focus on political reform following the LDP's high-profile slush funds scandal. A party leaders' parliamentary debate normally lasts 45 minutes.
   Participants are expected to include Kishida, who is also LDP president, CDP head Kenta Izumi, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) leader Nobuyuki Baba, Japanese Communist Party head Tomoko Tamura and Democratic Party for the People chief Yuichiro Tamaki.
   The CDP plans to use the debate to make a final decision on whether to submit a no-confidence motion against the Kishida cabinet.
   "We want to make the leaders' debate the biggest highlight of the current parliamentary session at a time when distrust of politics is widespread," CDP parliamentary affairs chief Jun Azumi told reporters.