The Government must submit to the Diet each year a report on the trends of small and medium-sized enterprises and on the measures that the Government has taken concerning small and medium-sized enterprises.
政府は、毎年、国会に、中小企業の動向及び政府が中小企業に関して講じた施策に関する報告を提出しなければならない。
Each year, the Government, after hearing the opinion of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Policy Council, must prepare a document clarifying the measures it intends to take in consideration of the trends of small and medium-sized enterprises relating to the report under the preceding paragraph, and submit it to the Diet.
政府は、毎年、中小企業政策審議会の意見を聴いて、前項の報告に係る中小企業の動向を考慮して講じようとする施策を明らかにした文書を作成し、これを国会に提出しなければならない。
the Diet
国会
Japan's parliament, and under Article 41 the only body that can make an Act (法律). It has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, both made up of elected members (Articles 42 and 43). It designates the Prime Minister, approves the budget and treaties, and can start the process of amending the Constitution. A Cabinet Order (政令) or Ministerial Order (省令) may impose a duty or a penalty only where an Act the Diet passed says it may.
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 41, 42, 43 and Wikipedia: National Diet as a reference.