The Lower House Judicial Committee approved two bills Wednesday designed to tighten control of Aum Shinrikyo and facilitate redress to the cult's victims.
The bills cleared the committee with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partners, the Liberal Party and New Komeito, as well as the largest opposition force, the Democratic Party of Japan.
The committee's approval will pave the way for the bills to be passed in a plenary session of the Lower House today and the Upper House by early December.