Face-off over pension bills starts in upper house

Face-off over pension bills starts in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Welfare minister Hakuo Yanagisawa (fore) presents pension-related bills at a plenary session of the House of Councillors, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on on June 4. Aiming to get the bills passed as a package by the end of the current Diet session on June 23, the ruling coalition camp got the bills through the House of Representatives last week after killing a series of filibuster attempts by the opposition. (Kyodo)

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