Lawmakers attend 1st Diet session with kimono

Lawmakers attend 1st Diet session with kimono

Ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and other lawmakers pose for photos wearing kimonos in front of Japan's parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016, the start of a 150-day ordinary Diet session. Some lawmakers wear kimono on the first day of a new parliamentary session as an annual tradition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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