No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet submitted

No-confidence motion against Abe Cabinet submitted

House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (3rd from L) receives a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet from senior lawmakers of four opposition parties at the Diet on May 31, 2016. The opposition bloc argues the government's economic policies, dubbed "Abenomics," have failed in light of Abe's decision to postpone the planned consumption tax hike. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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