The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc is wooing the opposition camp this week to reach common ground on the contentious state secrets bill that the administration hopes the Lower House passed by Friday.
The main focus of the discussions is how to introduce a system to check the process for classifying information as secret in the absence of any entity with oversight powers, unlike in the U.S., where there are several such institutions, including Congress.
On Tuesday, the ruling bloc accepted a demand by Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) to add a supplementary clause stating that the government seeks to establish such an oversight mechanism.
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