Japan Parliament Opens Extraordinary Session

   Tokyo, Nov. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament opened a 24-day extraordinary session on Thursday as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks to enact political reform legislation and a supplementary budget.
   He is expected to face intensified pressure from opposition parties after his ruling coalition lost its majority in the powerful House of Representatives in an election last month.
   Ishiba, who took office in October, will deliver a policy speech in both parliamentary chambers on Friday, followed by question-and-answer sessions from Monday through Wednesday.
   Budget committee discussions, which will be attended by Ishiba and all of his cabinet ministers, are scheduled to take place at the Lower House on Dec. 5 and at the House of Councillors, or the Upper House, on Dec. 6.
   Jun Azumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, will chair the Lower House Budget Committee, becoming the first opposition lawmaker to assume the important post in three decades.

(2024/11/28-10:32)

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