After the House of Councilors election, an extraordinary Diet session will be convened on the 3rd, which will be the stage for the first full-scale debate.
Discussions are expected to take place over economic measures in response to soaring prices and the relationship between the former Unification Church and politics.
The 210th extraordinary session of the Diet was convened on the 3rd and will run for 69 days until December 10th.
On the afternoon of the 3rd, after welcoming the Emperor to the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Kishida will deliver a policy speech at the plenary sessions of both houses of the Diet.
Prime Minister Kishida plans to invest 1 trillion yen in 5 years to support re-learning to work in growth fields in order to realize a "structural wage increase" as a new comprehensive economic measure in response to soaring prices. We are planning to take measures to alleviate the burden on household budgets due to rising electricity prices.
Questions from each party's representatives on this will be held in both houses of the House of Representatives for three days from the 5th.
Government The ruling party is to formulate new comprehensive economic measures within this month as the Cabinet's approval rating declines in various public opinion polls, and to quickly enact the second supplementary budget bill for this fiscal year to support it. I would like to restore trust with this.
On the other hand, the opposition parties are questioning whether the government's economic measures are sufficient, and are also questioning the government and ruling parties about the relationship between the former Unification Church, cabinet members, and the Liberal Democratic Party, as well as the investigation and future response to former Prime Minister Abe's "state funeral." It is a policy to
The ruling and opposition parties are expected to engage in fierce debate in anticipation of unified local elections next spring.