Diet session adjourns without resolving key issues

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers leave the House of Representatives plenary session hall as the 53-day extraordinary Diet session adjourned on Dec. 3 without much progress made on the contentious issues of shady political donations and whether to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq.

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