JCP lawmakers attend opening ceremony of Diet session

JCP lawmakers attend opening ceremony of Diet session

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (R, back row) attends the opening ceremony of an ordinary Diet session at the House of Councillors chamber in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016. JCP lawmakers had declined to attend the ceremony for decades on the grounds that the emperor's presence at the event was unconstitutional. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) is also pictured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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