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Tag: Upper House Budget Committee

That rowdy budget committee

On February 4, 2008 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

The Budget Committee in the House of Councillors is currently debating the 2007 supplementary budget before moving on to the 2008 budget.The opposition, now in control of the HC, has been giving the prime minister and members of his cabinet a rough time in deliberations, at least according to Yamamoto Ichita, LDP HC member. Writing …

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The beginning of divided government

On September 7, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog1 Comment

The DPJ, now calling the shots on the administration of the Upper House, has announced the distribution of the chairmanships of Upper House committees, and in a gesture that strikes me as magnanimous, has given the chairmanship of the Budget Committee to the LDP. The LDP has named Konoike Yoshitada to fill the post.While the …

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Seen and heard at the Diet

On March 9, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

I was in attendance at today's session of the Upper House's Budget Committee, where it was my boss's turn to question the government.I managed to see a line of questioning derived entirely from my own research posed to Prime Minister Abe and Defense Minister Kyuma, which was satisfying -- although the acoustics of the chamber …

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