Japan Parliament Convened for 5&Day Extra Session

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Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, was convened Friday for a five-day extraordinary session. It is the first Diet session since the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally lost their combined majority in the House of Councillors in the July 20 election for the upper chamber. At an Upper House plenary meeting Friday morning, Masakazu Sekiguchi from the …

Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, was convened Friday for a five-day extraordinary session. It is the first Diet session since the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Komeito ally lost their combined majority in the House of Councillors in the July 20 election for the upper chamber. At an Upper House plenary meeting Friday morning, Masakazu Sekiguchi from the …