Opposition demands PM reopen Diet over defense minister's SDF remark

Diet affairs chiefs of the main opposition Democratic Party and three smaller parties convey to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (3rd from L) their demand on June 29, 2017, in Tokyo that parliament be convened so that lawmakers can discuss Defense Minister Tomomi Inada's controversial remark about the Self-Defense Forces in campaigning for the July 2 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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