
高市早苗首相の所信表明演説に対する各党代表質問が8日に行われた。首相は食料品の消費税減税や給付金などの財源について、赤字国債に頼らず歳出・歳入両面の見直しで確保すると述べ、具体策は年末に先送りした。
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政府は来年4月、消費税率を2年間限定で8%から1%に下げ、中低所得の現役勤労者を対象に現金を給付する方針を掲げている。
高市早苗首相の所信表明演説に対する各党代表質問が8日、衆参両院本会議で行われた。首相は食料品の消費税減税と「就業者負担軽減支援金」導入の財源について、「特例公債(赤字国債)に頼らず、歳出・歳入両面の見直しにより確保する」と説明。具体策の提示は年末に先送りした。
「消費減税財源、早期に明示を」 筒井経団連会長
首相は財源確保の手段として租税特別措置(租特)や補助金・基金の見直しを例示し、「社会保障財源に穴があくことにはならない」と明言した。全体像については「今後の予算編成プロセスで確実に示す」と述べるにとどめた。立憲民主党の田名部匡代幹事長、国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表が財源明示を求めたのに対して答えた。
政府は来年4月、消費税率を2年間限定で8%から1%に下げ、中低所得の現役勤労者を対象に現金を給付する制度を導入する方針。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
年末の予算編成プロセスで財源の具体策が示される
Likely · Within months

The six opposition parties in the House of Councilors agreed to consider submitting a resolution to censure Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan. Prime Minister Takaichi announced that Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yan Yan would continue in his role, and explained that he had strictly cautioned him about his comments.He also said that the source of the consumption tax cut would be secured by reviewing both expenditures and revenue rather than relying on special bonds. Other domestic and international news was also reported, including the selection of Professor Emeritus Soai of Tokyo University of Science for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

At a plenary session of the House of Councilors, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized the importance of an appropriate explanation from Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kazuo Yan, who had said that he had drastically cut the road budgets of local governments that he did not support, and ordered his continued appointment with strict caution. Opposition parties called for his resignation, and questions were also held regarding the impact of the consumption tax cut on food products on local finances.

At a cabinet meeting on the 9th, the government approved a bill to reduce the consumption tax on food products from the current 8% to 1% for two years starting April 2027. It will also include an income-linked ``employee burden reduction support subsidy,'' which will require approximately 10 trillion yen in financial resources over two years. The bill will be submitted to an extraordinary session of the Diet, with the aim of having it enacted by the end of the session on December 12th.

The ruling and opposition parties engaged in a debate over a bill related to the consumption tax reduction during questions asked by representatives of the extraordinary Diet session. Opposition parties asked for a clear statement of financial sources and an explanation of the benefit system, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi merely reiterated the government's policy and avoided explaining specific payment requirements or the breakdown of financial resources. The bill is expected to be debated in the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 20th, but there is no clear connection between the ruling and opposition parties.

The Nippon Hidankyo held a national meeting of prefectural representatives in Tokyo to discuss the future of the organization as the population continues to age. Many prefectural organizations were against the idea of disbanding, and there were a number of calls for the organizations to continue to exist in cooperation with second-generation atomic bomb survivors and supporters.

Prime Minister Takaichi revealed during a question by a member of the House of Representatives that he had given a harsh warning to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yan, who had made remarks about cutting local government budgets. Opposition parties demanded his dismissal and a ministry-wide investigation, but the prime minister denied his dismissal and instructed him to fulfill his duties. Yan also apologized.