Japan lower house to vote on TPP ratification bill on Nov. 4

Japan lower house to vote on TPP ratification bill on Nov. 4

Wataru Takeshita, chair of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet affairs committee, and his Democratic Party counterpart Kazunori Yamanoi hold talks in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2016. The main ruling and opposition parties agreed that the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact on Nov. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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