Aso rejects opposition parties' calls to cancel cash benefit program

Aso rejects opposition parties' calls to cancel cash benefit program

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks to Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano during a House of Representatives plenary session at the Diet on Jan. 6.

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