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Japan to convene ordinary diet session on Jan. 26

The regular session will run for 150 days until June 23. (AFP)
The regular session will run for 150 days until June 23. (AFP)
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10 Jan 2024 06:01:50 GMT9
10 Jan 2024 06:01:50 GMT9

Tokyo: The Japanese government and ruling bloc plan to convene this year’s ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Jan. 26, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

The regular session will run for 150 days until June 23.

High on the agenda will be political reform following a funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as well as economic measures and recovery from the deadly New Year’s Day earthquake in central Japan’s Noto Peninsula.

Some LDP members had sought to convene the Diet session on Jan. 22 to ensure that the government’s fiscal 2024 budget was enacted by the end of March. But the government and ruling bloc apparently found it necessary to monitor how public prosecutors’ investigation into the scandal will unfold.

JIJI Press

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