Opposition leader criticizes PM Abe's Lehman shock remarks

Opposition leader criticizes PM Abe's Lehman shock remarks

Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, speaks to the press in Tokyo on May 26, 2016, criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks during the Group of Seven summit that current global economic conditions look similar to "the situation before Lehman." Okada said this was an excuse to postpone the consumption tax hike in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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