The House of Representatives Cabinet Committee began substantive deliberations on a bill to amend the Public Prosecutor's Office Law to gradually raise the retirement age for public prosecutors to 65. The empty seats in the foreground are those of members of the main opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Japan's Constitutional Democratic Party, who were absent in protest against Justice Minister Masako Mori's refusal to attend the committee meeting. In the back center is Ryota Takeda, minister in charge of administrative reform.
The House of Representatives Cabinet Committee began substantive deliberations on a bill to amend the Public Prosecutor's Office Law to gradually raise the retirement age for public prosecutors to 65. The empty seat in the foreground is occupied by members of the main opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Japan's Constitutional Democratic Party, who were absent in protest against Justice Minister Masako Mori's refusal to attend the committee meeting. In the back center is Ryota Takeda, Minister of State for Administrative Reform, in the Diet at 10:01 a.m. on May 8, 2020.
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