The House of Representatives at its plenary meeting by majority vote decided to carry over a bill to cut the number of House members, which was introduced by the Liberal Democratic and “Nippon Ishin no Kai” parties, to the next Diet session.
Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko demanded the dismissal of a senior official at the Prime Minister’s Office who called for Japan to be a nuclear-armed power.
JCP Dietmember Yamazoe on NHK’s “Sunday Debate” program said, “Japan must not become an arms supplier and not become a war profiteer,” while representatives of other political parties showed their eagerness for the lifting of the arms-export ban.
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