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Japanese parliament's lower house passes postal reform bills
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-11 15:49
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
smiles during the Lower House plenary session at the parliament in Tokyo
October 11, 2005. Bills to privatise Japan's postal system, including the
world's largest savings bank, were passed by parliament's lower house on
Tuesday, setting the stage for Koizumi to achieve the core of his reform
agenda.[Reuters] |
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
claps his hands at parliament's lower house as bills to privatise Japan's
postal system, including the world's largest savings bank, were passed in
the chamber in Tokyo October 11, 2005. Rejection of the bills in August by
the upper house prompted Koizumi to call a September election which he
cast as a referendum on privatisation, his long-held goal.
[Reuters] |
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