The top priority for Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the Democratic Party of Japan during the extraordinary Diet session Friday will be to clear a supplementary budget to kick start the feeble economy.

But the two-month session, expected to wrap up Dec. 3, is bound to be a rocky one as the DPJ takes its first shot at managing a divided Diet after losing its Upper House majority in the July 11 election.

With no major elections on the horizon, analysts agree the session will be a touchstone for the DPJ's ability to work with the opposition camp in enacting legislation.