Japanese parliament to be reopened, PM favoritism claims on agenda

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to briefly reopen parliament next week for one-off committee deliberations, with plans to quiz a former top bureaucrat at the education ministry who has come forward alleging favoritism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.The agreement came shortly after the main opposition Democratic Party spurned an offer by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for committee deliberations on July 10 or 11, on the grounds that Abe would be unable to attend them due to an overseas trip.Meeting with LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Wataru Takeshita for a second…READ FULL ARTICLE