Ruling parties push TPP through committee

Ruling parties push TPP through committee

Ryu Shionoya (far R), chairman of a special lower house committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, leaves after the panel voted to approve the TPP and related bills in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2016, following protests by opposition lawmakers seeking the resignation of farm minister Yuji Yamamoto over recent remarks joking about forcing through the trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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