Upper House Starts Discussions on Gasoline Tax Bill

Tokyo, June 21 (Jiji Press)--The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, started discussions on an opposition-sponsored gasoline tax cut bill on Saturday, the day before this year's ordinary Diet session ends on Sunday. The opposition camp is demanding that the bill be put to a vote in the Upper House Committee on Financial Affairs and then in the full chamber by the end of Sat...

Upper House Starts Discussions on Gasoline Tax Bill
Tokyo, June 21 (Jiji Press)--The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, started discussions on an opposition-sponsored gasoline tax cut bill on Saturday, the day before this year's ordinary Diet session ends on Sunday. The opposition camp is demanding that the bill be put to a vote in the Upper House Committee on Financial Affairs and then in the full chamber by the end of Sat...