Ruling parties debate privacy bills amid opposition boycott

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition party members vacate seats (shown in photo) as the ruling coalition begins a question and answer session April 14 on a new set of privacy-protection bills and the opposition's counterproposal in a House of Representatives special committee meeting. Hiroyuki Hosoda (standing), state minister on information-technology policy, answers questions in the session. Home affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama is seated on right.

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