THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 7, 2022 at 15:02 JST
Kenta Izumi, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Sendai on June 4. (Tamiyuki Kihara)
Opposition parties are attacking the ruling coalition over skyrocketing prices ahead of the summer Upper House election and accusing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of failing to adequately provide support for struggling consumers. [Read More]
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