By KEN SAKAKIBARA/ Staff Writer
September 14, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Former education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, one of the driving forces behind the suprapartisan group, learned about the role of the Congressional Budget Office while working as an intern at the U.S. Congress. Photo taken in Tokyo on July 19 (Ken Sakakibara)
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