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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito hands an Imperial Decree to Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the lower house, during a ceremonial opening of the Diet in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The Diet opened an ordinary session earlier than usual, with political parties weighing on the July upper house election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his foreign policy speech before the lower house as the Diet opens an ordinary session earlier than usual in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The 150-day ordinary session will last until June 1 with the upper house election scheduled in July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito hands an Imperial Decree to Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the lower house, during a ceremonial opening of the Diet in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The Diet opened an ordinary session earlier than usual, with political parties weighing on the July upper house election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his foreign policy speech before the lower house as the Diet opens an ordinary session earlier than usual in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The 150-day ordinary session will last until June 1 with the upper house election scheduled in July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito hands an Imperial Decree to Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the lower house, during a ceremonial opening of the Diet in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The Diet opened an ordinary session earlier than usual, with political parties weighing on the July upper house election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his foreign policy speech before the lower house as the Diet opens an ordinary session earlier than usual in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The 150-day ordinary session will last until June 1 with the upper house election scheduled in July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito hands an Imperial Decree to Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the lower house, during a ceremonial opening of the Diet in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The Diet opened an ordinary session earlier than usual, with political parties weighing on the July upper house election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his foreign policy speech before the lower house as the Diet opens an ordinary session earlier than usual in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The 150-day ordinary session will last until June 1 with the upper house election scheduled in July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Akihito hands an Imperial Decree to Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the lower house, during a ceremonial opening of the Diet in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The Diet opened an ordinary session earlier than usual, with political parties weighing on the July upper house election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his foreign policy speech before the lower house as the Diet opens an ordinary session earlier than usual in Tokyo on Monday, January 4, 2016. The 150-day ordinary session will last until June 1 with the upper house election scheduled in July. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)