Top bureaucrats hold presumably last agenda-setting meeting

Top bureaucrats hold presumably last agenda-setting meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma, the chair of twice-weekly meetings of administrative vice ministers, speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14 after the top bureaucrats held their last meeting under the government of Prime Minister Taro Aso. The Democratic Party of Japan, which is set to form a coalition government on Sept. 16, advocates abolishing the meetings to give elected officials greater decision-making power.

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