ILEA000668216: 3 education bills clear lower house, certain to become law

Protesters take on NRA convention in Houston after Texas shooting

STORY: Protesters take on NRA convention in Houston after Texas shooting DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Houston City Hall Building, Texas, USA 2. various of the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLIVIA OTOU-BRANCKEART, High school senior 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIM HUNNICUTT, Protester 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Protester STORYLINE: Crowds of protesters crying for gun control gathered on Friday outside the convention of U.S. gun rights lobby group National Rifle Association (NRA) in downtown Houston, Texas. The first day of the NRA annual meeting met with angry demonstrations just three days after the Uvalde school shooting claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers, just about 300 miles away. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLIVIA OTOU-BRANCKEART, High school senior "It was really heartbreaking because I'm a senior in high school. And even as a senior, just knowing that those children, who literally have yet to even like know what t

Hatoyama makes final plea for voter support

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama makes his final plea for voter support in front of JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on the eve of Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. A series of media polls show the main opposition party is headed toward a landslide victory in the election, ending the Liberal Democratic Party's almost total control of Japanese politics for more than half a century. (Kyodo)

Myanmarese protest after Suu Kyi charged

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmarese people in Japan protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo on May 14 after Myanmar's junta charged detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and two companions earlier in the day with violating the ''terms of her restriction'' over an incident last week in which an American is accused of swimming across a lake and sneaking into her house to visit her. (Kyodo)

Ex-N. Korean agent tells panel 15 Japanese alive in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - An Ming Jin, a former North Korean agent, arrives at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 28 to testify at a meeting of a House of Representatives special panel. He told the panel that he saw or had information about 15 Japanese alive in North Korea.

DPJ's Hatoyama, Kan talk briefly after Yamamoto quits Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), talks briefly with DPJ policy chief Naoto Kan in the Diet building Sept. 8 after disgraced lawmaker Joji Yamamoto, under arrest on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining 20 million yen in government funds, submitted a resignation letter earlier in the day to House of Representatives Speaker Tamisuke Watanuki. Yamamoto, who recently also quit the DPJ, was once Kan's secretary.

Diet enacts wiretapping legislation+

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors passes into law Aug. 12 a set of bills that will allow law enforcement authorities to wiretap in investigations into organized crime. Opposition members throw their fists in protest while ruling coalition members clap hands in celebration.

Rallies held to protest defense guidelines bills

Protesters march down the street April 27 in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki area, where many government offices are located, calling for abolition of the new Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines bills the lower house passed on the day. Many other citizens' groups held protest meetings and rallies near the Diet. ==Kyodo

Lower house OK's Japan-U.S. defense cooperation bills

The House of Representatives on April 27 approves a set of three bills aimed at facilitating defense cooperation between Japan and the United States in emergencies in unspecified ''areas surrounding Japan.'' The bills cleared the lower house two days before Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi leaves Tokyo for the U.S. to meet President Bill Clinton in Washington on May 3. ==Kyodo

Diet panel adopts Japan-U.S. defense bills

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and other cabinet ministers express thanks April 26 after a key panel of the House of Representatives approves a set of bills aimed at facilitating defense cooperation with the United States in the event of crises near Japan. The bills are certain to be approved by the full lower house April 27 -- ahead of Obuchi's summit meeting with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington on May 3. ==Kyodo

Upper house approves bank bills

The House of Councillors on Oct. 12 passes into law a set of banking reform bills designed to fix the nation's ailing banking sector, with 198 out of 237 voting for the bills. The passage of the bills paved the way for the government to put the troubled Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) temporarily under state control with share purchases. Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa is seated front right. ==Kyodo

3 education bills clear lower house, certain to become law

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