菅首相初外遊、所信表明に先行　国会２６日召集で調整、野党反発

　政府・自民党は１日、臨時国会を２６日に召集する方向で調整に入った。菅義偉首相の初外遊となる今月中旬の東南アジア歴訪を優先した。首相の所信表明演説が帰国後の２６日となれば、就任から４０日後となり異例。野党は国会軽視と反発している。
　自民党の森山裕国対委員長は１日、二階俊博幹事長に党本部で会い、２６日召集案を伝達。党幹部は「２６日召集しかない」と語った。
　森山氏は前日の立憲民主党の安住淳国対委員長との会談で２３日に召集する方向だと伝えていた。しかし、会談後に首相官邸から「首相外遊が固まった。召集日は２６日にしてほしい」と再考を迫られ、わずかの間で方針転換した。（2020/10/01-19:53）

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who took office last month, is likely to give his first policy speech before parliament after an overseas trip in mid-October.
   On Thursday, the government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party started arrangements to convene an extraordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, on Oct. 26.
   Suga is expected to deliver the speech that day, 40 days after he assumed the top government post. It is unusual for a prime minister to take a such long time to give the first policy speech.
   The decision to prioritize Suga's first overseas trip as prime minister over the Diet session triggered a backlash from opposition parties, which said he is belittling the Diet.
   On Wednesday, LDP Diet affairs head Hiroshi Moriyama told Jun Azumi, his counterpart in the biggest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, that the government and the ruling bloc plan to convene the Diet session Oct. 23.