The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition camp on Monday grilled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over policies ranging from diplomacy with U.S. President Donald Trump to national security to immigration.
In the first parliamentary exchange since the Oct. 22 Lower House election, both LDP and opposition representatives questioned — and sometimes critiqued — Abe in response to the policy speech he delivered Friday to both Diet chambers.
Speaking to a plenary session of the Lower House, each leader read out a scripted speech directed at Abe, to which he responded by similarly delivering a carefully prepared text that largely avoided giving away crucial details on sensitive matters.