Staff writer
How good an excuse does a Cabinet minister need to skip out on Diet sessions on the national budget?
An answer to that may lie in the government's request to allow three Cabinet members to leave for Seattle ahead of the opening of the World Trade Organization's summit from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3.
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