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Ruling party eyes next extraordinary Diet session at early date
TOKYO, Sept. 29 Kyodo - Japan's ruling party plans to make efforts to convene the next extraordinary Diet session at an early date, lawmakers said Thursday, a move aimed at paving the way for interparty talks with the opposition bloc on a third extra budget for fiscal 2011.
The Democratic Party of Japan is hoping that by yielding to the opposition demands to open the next parliament session, possibly in the beginning of October, it can secure cooperation over swift passage of the budget to finance full-fledged reconstruction work.
Yoshio Urushibara, the opposition New Komeito party's Diet affairs chief, told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts in the DPJ and main opposition Liberal Democratic Party that the environment is now conducive for their parties to discuss the budget.
Ichiro Aisawa, the LDP's Diet affairs chief, meanwhile expressed hope for the Diet to be convened as early as during the week of Oct. 10.
With the ruling and opposition parties agreeing on creating a special committee to investigate the causes behind the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the House of Representatives approved in its plenary session a bill to set up the committee. The legislation is expected to be enacted Friday.
The committee will function separately from an independent panel set up already by the government and submit a report of its findings to parliament in about six months.
The DPJ-led government is expected to face a tough time, though, in negotiating with the opposition bloc over a political funds scandal involving former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa after a recent court ruling found former aides to Ozawa guilty of falsifying political funds reports.
The opposition parties demanded that Ozawa testify in parliament, but Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told a Diet session that a ''prudent decision'' is needed regarding the matter because of the possible impact it may have on Ozawa's trial next month.
Meanwhile, the news media have been stepping up calls for the premier to be more accessible by resuming the tradition of predecessors to hold doorstep interviews. Noda's immediate predecessor Naoto Kan held such interviews until the March 11 disasters.
The premier is likely to hold a news conference on Friday when the Diet session ends, top government spokesman Osamu Fujimura said at a regular news conference.
The Democratic Party of Japan is hoping that by yielding to the opposition demands to open the next parliament session, possibly in the beginning of October, it can secure cooperation over swift passage of the budget to finance full-fledged reconstruction work.
Yoshio Urushibara, the opposition New Komeito party's Diet affairs chief, told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts in the DPJ and main opposition Liberal Democratic Party that the environment is now conducive for their parties to discuss the budget.
Ichiro Aisawa, the LDP's Diet affairs chief, meanwhile expressed hope for the Diet to be convened as early as during the week of Oct. 10.
With the ruling and opposition parties agreeing on creating a special committee to investigate the causes behind the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the House of Representatives approved in its plenary session a bill to set up the committee. The legislation is expected to be enacted Friday.
The committee will function separately from an independent panel set up already by the government and submit a report of its findings to parliament in about six months.
The DPJ-led government is expected to face a tough time, though, in negotiating with the opposition bloc over a political funds scandal involving former DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa after a recent court ruling found former aides to Ozawa guilty of falsifying political funds reports.
The opposition parties demanded that Ozawa testify in parliament, but Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told a Diet session that a ''prudent decision'' is needed regarding the matter because of the possible impact it may have on Ozawa's trial next month.
Meanwhile, the news media have been stepping up calls for the premier to be more accessible by resuming the tradition of predecessors to hold doorstep interviews. Noda's immediate predecessor Naoto Kan held such interviews until the March 11 disasters.
The premier is likely to hold a news conference on Friday when the Diet session ends, top government spokesman Osamu Fujimura said at a regular news conference.
