Diet business returned to normal Tuesday afternoon.
Opposition parties accepted proposals by the ruling coalition to set matters right after the House of Representatives approved the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq in their absence.
The Diet had remained idle since late Friday, when a Lower House committee approved the contentious dispatch and an extra budget for the current fiscal year despite the opposition's demand for more debate on Iraq-related issues.
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