THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 18, 2020 at 18:05 JST
People protest a bill to revise the Public Prosecutors Office Law in Nagoya on May 17. (Kei Kobayashi)
Heated opposition from retired prosecutors has forced Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay a plan to revise the Public Prosecutors Office Law and extend the mandatory retirement age of prosecutors from 63 to 65. [Read More]
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