noun
cabinet meeting
A meeting of the cabinet in government; common in political news and official contexts, especially in phrases such as 閣議で決める and 閣議決定.
政府は明日の閣議で新しい方針を決める予定だ。
The government is scheduled to decide the new policy at tomorrow's cabinet meeting.
その法案は閣議を経て国会に提出された。
The bill was submitted to the Diet after going through a cabinet meeting.
Refers to the national legislature or Diet; 閣議 is an executive-branch cabinet meeting.
Sino-Japanese compound: 閣 is associated with a cabinet or government council, and 議 means deliberation or discussion.