Lawmakers agree to reopen parliament, Abe favoritism claims on agenda

Lawmakers agree to reopen parliament, Abe favoritism claims on agenda

Wataru Takeshita (R), Diet affairs chief of the Liberal Democratic Party, and his Democratic Party counterpart Kazunori Yamanoi meet in Tokyo on July 4, 2017. Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed to briefly reopen parliament the following week for one-off committee deliberations, with plans to quiz a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry who has come forward alleging favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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