Japanese ruling bloc officials to visit U.S.

Japanese ruling bloc officials to visit U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the ruling coalition parties are in talks in the Diet building May 16. (From L to R) Takieshi Noda of New Conservative Party, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party agreed to jointly visit the United States from May 31 to June 3. At the meeting, Fuyushiba proposed similar joint visits by the trio to China and South Korea.

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