THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 14, 2021 at 17:12 JST
The Okayama District Court, where a ruling was handed down on April 13 on the Abe Cabinet’s failure to convene an extraordinary Diet session for more than three months despite a demand by opposition legislators (Kenta Nakamura)
OKAYAMA--A court here ruled the Abe Cabinet was legally obligated to hold an extraordinary Diet session to allow questions on scandals involving then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which it dodged in 2017. [Read More]
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