皇族確保策、合意先送り　自・立に溝、今国会難しく

　衆参両院議長の下で与野党が協議している皇族数の確保策に関し、２３日の今国会会期末までの合意形成が見送られる見通しとなった。女性皇族が結婚後も皇室に残る案について自民党などと立憲民主党の間で溝が埋まっていないため。複数の関係者が１２日、明らかにした。
　与野党協議は額賀福志郎衆院議長が主導し、５月１７日に初会合が開かれた。額賀氏は今国会中の意見集約に向けて毎週開催を打ち出したが、立民や共産党が拙速だと反発。丁寧に議論を進めるため、同２３日の第２回会合を経て、衆参両院の正副議長が各党・各会派から個別に意見を聴く運びとなった。
　ただ、聴取日程の調整は進まず、今国会中に終えられない公算が大きくなった。与党関係者は「国会日程に余裕はなく、慌てる必要もない」と話した。（2024/06/12-18:19）

Japan's ruling and opposition parties are unlikely to reach an agreement during the current parliamentary session over measures to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, sources said Wednesday.
   This is mainly because the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan is at odds with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and other parties over a proposal to allow female members to retain their Imperial Family status after getting married to commoners.
   Over the proposal, the coalition of the LDP and Komeito, as well as Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party for the People in the opposition side, reject the idea of granting Imperial Family status to the spouses and children of such female members. On the other hand, the CDP seeks discussions on the idea.
   The first meeting between the ruling and opposition parties to discuss measures to realize stable Imperial succession, spearheaded by Fukushiro Nukaga, speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, was held May 17.
   Nukaga proposed holding talks every week to build a consensus before the current Diet session ends on June 23. But the CDP and the Japanese Communist Party opposed, saying that such discussions should not be done hastily.