THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 17, 2021 at 13:50 JST
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Sanae Takaichi, the internal affairs minister, listen to questions from an opposition lawmaker in a February 2020 Lower House plenary session. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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