Staff writer
The fledgling tripartite coalition of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will get its first taste of real Diet debate as the 48-day extraordinary session opens today.
Obuchi had earmarked the session as one in which key bills and a supplementary budget to further buoy the economy would be swiftly approved.
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