Staff writer
Diet deliberations where bureaucrats answer most of the questions addressed to Cabinet ministers have long been criticized as lacking full-fledged policy debate by elected officials.
In late April, the Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Liberal Party, submitted to the Lower House a bill to minimize the presence of bureaucrats in Diet sessions and expand the role of lawmakers in debate.
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