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New Special Measures Agreement in effectDate Posted: 2008-05-09 The ¥140 billion agreement, which went into effect May 1st, runs through 2010. The earlier agreement expired the end of March, and a new agreement had been stalled by opposition leaders in the House of Councilors. The opposition lawmakers had voted against the new measure, charging it included money for hiring employees for morale, welfare and recreation facilities such as bowling alleys and clubs, instead of for maintaining bases. The agreement, approved by the House of Representatives in early April, after Japanese law was invoked that gives the Lower House precedence under the Constitution over House of Councilors rulings. Discuss this story: Click here to discuss this story on our forums. community
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