Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Democratic Party of Japan executives officially endorsed changes to the government’s social security and tax reform bills Wednesday, while signalling the Diet session will be extended, possibly to early September.
Noda was forced to postpone a vote on the revised bills in the Lower House beyond Thursday’s scheduled end of the Diet session, given the fierce opposition from DPJ members against the planned consumption tax hike.
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