Democratic Party to pledge reforms to finance social security costs

Democratic Party to pledge reforms to finance social security costs

Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada makes a stump speech in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on June 11, 2016, for the July 10 Japanese House of Councillors election. The main opposition party will pledge to enhance social security by financing the costs through reforms and oppose revising the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9, according to sources close to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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