Emperor abdication bill clears lower house panel
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (back R) bows after a bill to allow Emperor Akihito to relinquish the Chrysanthemum throne passed the House of Representatives' steering committee at the Diet in Tokyo on June 1, 2017. The bill is expected to pass parliament next week, paving the way for Japan's first abdication in roughly 200 years. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
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- 2017/6/01 18:44:06
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