Diet to focus on tax reforms

Diet to focus on tax reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's parliament convened Jan. 18 for a 150-day regular session with a main focus on gasoline and other tax reforms amid continued confrontations between the ruling bloc and the opposition camp, each controlling a chamber in the bicameral Diet.

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