Japan Diet OKs Political Reform Bills

Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted on Tuesday political reform bills to establish a third-party organ monitoring political funds and abolish the so-called policy activity expenses that do not require recipient lawmakers to disclose how they used the money. The three bills were approved at a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, by a ...

Japan Diet OKs Political Reform Bills
Tokyo, Dec. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted on Tuesday political reform bills to establish a third-party organ monitoring political funds and abolish the so-called policy activity expenses that do not require recipient lawmakers to disclose how they used the money. The three bills were approved at a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, by a ...