The four LDP lawmakers abstained from Friday's parliamentary vote on the consumption tax cut bill. (From left) Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former LDP Election Strategy Committee chair Yuko Obuchi, former Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa, and Hajime Funada, former chief of the now-defunct Economic Planning Agency
LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki speaks at a press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Monday.
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