By KEN SAKAKIBARA/ Staff Writer
September 14, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties attend a general meeting on June 10 in Tokyo to mark the formation of a political group pushing to set up an independent fiscal institution to monitor government spending. (Provided by the office of Lower House member Yoshihisa Furukawa)
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