The House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet of Japan, voted on the controversial bill that would have privatized the Japanese Postal Service at around 1pm (JST, UTC +8) on Monday, August 8. The bill was rejected by a slim margin – 108 for, 125 against, 1 abstention and 2 intentional absences – after a rebellion within the ruling Liberal Democractic Party (LDP).
The House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet of Japan, voted on the controversial bill that would have privatized the Japanese Postal Service at around 1 p.m. (JST, UTC +8) on Monday, August 8. The bill was rejected by a slim margin – 108 for, 125 against, one abstention and two intentional absences – after a rebellion within the ruling Liberal Democractic Party (LDP).
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