BUSY PM Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on September 16, 2020. AFP PHOTO
BUSY PM Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on September 16, 2020. AFP PHOTO


TOKYO:
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) on Friday requested the end of the current parliamentary session be pushed back by three months to allow for more debate on matters related to Covid-19 and the Tokyo Olympics.

The request was made by the CDPJ›s head of Diet affairs Jun Azumi to his counterpart Hiroshi Moriyama in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during a meeting between the pair.

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