Upper house panel passes medical reform bills

Upper house panel passes medical reform bills

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members gather around the chairman of the House of Councillors Health, Labor and Welfare Committee on July 25 to protest what they call a forced voting on government-sponsored bills to raise medical charges to the elderly and salaried workers. The bills were approved with a majority vote by the ruling coalition -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party.

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