Japan's extraordinary Diet session begins, economic package in focus

Japan's parliament convened an extraordinary session on Friday, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government aiming to ensure the passage of a planned supplementary budget to fund a new economic package to tackle rising prices.During the Diet session through Dec. 13, opposition parties are expected to grill Kishida over the effectiveness of the stimulus package that his administration intends to finalize on Nov. 2 for submission to the assembly.The opposition parties are also expected to question several new ministers, who assumed their posts in a Cabinet reshuffle in September, about the…READ FULL ARTICLE