By TAKAHIRO OKUBO/ Staff Writer
February 13, 2021 at 15:55 JST
Takako Suzuki, a Lower House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a study group session of party colleagues in January. (Takahiro Okubo)
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