Two key bills -- one aimed at allowing public access to records of government ministries and agencies, and the other seeking to ban prostitution and pornography involving minors -- were approved Wednesday by the full Upper House.
The freedom-of-information bill and the law against child prostitution will be sent to the Lower House for further deliberations.
The information disclosure bill is expected to pass into law May 7, while the child prostitution bill also is likely to be enacted sometime after the Golden Week holidays.
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