Japan ruling bloc approves state secret protection bill

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc approved a draft bill on Tuesday that is designed to improve protection of state secrets.

At a meeting of policy leaders, the LDP and its partner, New Komeito, endorsed the draft that would impose harsher punishments on civil servants who leak information to be designated as special state secrets.The government is expected to formalize the bill at a cabinet meeting Friday and submit it to the ongoing extraordinary session of the Diet soon later.

Source:NewsOnJapan