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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japan's House of Councillors passes a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026, marking its enactment as the budget was earlier approved by the House of Representatives.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japan's House of Councillors passes a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026, marking its enactment as the budget was earlier approved by the House of Representatives.

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Lower house passes FY2026 supplementary budget plan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives passed a fiscal 2026 supplementary budget plan during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 4, 2026.

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Lower house passes FY2026 supplementary budget plan

Japan's House of Representatives passes a fiscal 2026 supplementary budget plan during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 4, 2026.

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Parliament addresses bear attacks in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a recent spate of bear attacks on humans in Japan, mainly in northern and northeastern Japan, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2025. The prime minister unveiled a plan to dip into the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget to finance countermeasures.

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Japan enacts 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japan's parliament enacts a 13.9 trillion yen ($90 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March with its passage through the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Japan enacts 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japan's parliament enacts a 13.9 trillion yen ($90 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March with its passage through the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Japan enacts 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows as the parliament enacted a 13.9 trillion yen ($90 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March with its passage through the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Japan enacts 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows as the parliament enacted a 13.9 trillion yen ($90 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year through next March with its passage through the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2024.

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Japan lower house panel OKs extra budget for FY 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (left row, front) bows at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, after the lower house committee approved the fiscal 2024 supplementary budget.

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Japan lower house panel OKs extra budget for FY 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, R) bows at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2024, after the lower house committee approved the fiscal 2024 supplementary budget.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Chongqing Fast Insurance

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - A citizen shows the insurance interface of Chongqing's inclusive commercial supplementary medical insurance "Chongqing Fast Insurance" in Chongqing, China, October 23, 2024. On the same day, the 2025 "Chongqing Fast Insurance" under the guidance and supervision of Chongqing Medical Security Bureau and Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration was officially launched. "Chongqing Fast Insurance" continues to adhere to the characteristics of "low threshold, low premium, low deductible", does not set age, occupation, health conditions and other insurance preconditions, pre-existing illness can be insured and compensated, and the premium continues to remain unchanged at 69 yuan /169 yuan.

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Chongqing Fast Insurance

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - A citizen shows the insurance interface of Chongqing's inclusive commercial supplementary medical insurance "Chongqing Fast Insurance" in Chongqing, China, October 23, 2024. On the same day, the 2025 "Chongqing Fast Insurance" under the guidance and supervision of Chongqing Medical Security Bureau and Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration was officially launched. "Chongqing Fast Insurance" continues to adhere to the characteristics of "low threshold, low premium, low deductible", does not set age, occupation, health conditions and other insurance preconditions, pre-existing illness can be insured and compensated, and the premium continues to remain unchanged at 69 yuan /169 yuan.

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Chongqing Fast Insurance

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - A citizen shows the insurance interface of Chongqing's inclusive commercial supplementary medical insurance "Chongqing Fast Insurance" in Chongqing, China, October 23, 2024. On the same day, the 2025 "Chongqing Fast Insurance" under the guidance and supervision of Chongqing Medical Security Bureau and Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration was officially launched. "Chongqing Fast Insurance" continues to adhere to the characteristics of "low threshold, low premium, low deductible", does not set age, occupation, health conditions and other insurance preconditions, pre-existing illness can be insured and compensated, and the premium continues to remain unchanged at 69 yuan /169 yuan.

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Chongqing Fast Insurance

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - A citizen shows the insurance interface of Chongqing's inclusive commercial supplementary medical insurance "Chongqing Fast Insurance" in Chongqing, China, October 23, 2024. On the same day, the 2025 "Chongqing Fast Insurance" under the guidance and supervision of Chongqing Medical Security Bureau and Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration was officially launched. "Chongqing Fast Insurance" continues to adhere to the characteristics of "low threshold, low premium, low deductible", does not set age, occupation, health conditions and other insurance preconditions, pre-existing illness can be insured and compensated, and the premium continues to remain unchanged at 69 yuan /169 yuan.

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Chongqing Fast Insurance

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 23, 2024 - A citizen shows the insurance interface of Chongqing's inclusive commercial supplementary medical insurance "Chongqing Fast Insurance" in Chongqing, China, October 23, 2024. On the same day, the 2025 "Chongqing Fast Insurance" under the guidance and supervision of Chongqing Medical Security Bureau and Chongqing Supervision Bureau of the State Financial Supervision and Administration was officially launched. "Chongqing Fast Insurance" continues to adhere to the characteristics of "low threshold, low premium, low deductible", does not set age, occupation, health conditions and other insurance preconditions, pre-existing illness can be insured and compensated, and the premium continues to remain unchanged at 69 yuan /169 yuan.

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Door-to-door anti-polio campaign kicks off in Afghanistan

STORY: Door-to-door anti-polio campaign kicks off in Afghanistan SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of an anti-polio campaign in Jawzjan Province, north Afghanistan STORYLINE: A four-day door-to-door anti-polio campaign kicked off in Afghanistan on Monday, the country's Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. In line with the campaign, 10.72 million children under five will receive doses of anti-polio vaccines, said the statement, adding that a supplementary dose of vitamin A will also be provided to children aged six months to five years. The campaign, due to heavy rains and cold weather, was delayed in the provinces of Bamyan, Daykundi, and Ghor, the statement explained. There have been no reported cases of wild poliovirus in Afghanistan for five consecutive months, the World Health Organization reported in March. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Giant panda Ya Ya returns to China

STORY: Giant panda Ya Ya returns to China DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plane carrying giant panda Ya Ya arriving in Shanghai 2. various of Ya Ya being transported to a special quarantine site at the Shanghai Zoo 3. various of Ya Ya at the quarantine site of the Shanghai Zoo STORYLINE: Female giant panda Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai from the United States at 4:26 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Accompanied by veterinarians and other related workers, Ya Ya is now settling at a special quarantine site set up by the Shanghai Zoo, where she will stay for a month. The zoo has prepared abundant bamboo and supplementary foods for the 23-year-old panda. An expert team from the Beijing Zoo will stay at the quarantine site to attend to her needs during the period. The team will provide nursing, health monitoring, diagnosis and treatment for the aging panda to help her

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Australian zoo welcomes 1st southern white rhino calf born in decade

STORY: Australian zoo welcomes 1st southern white rhino calf born in decade DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the southern white rhino calf STORYLINE: The Werribee Open Range Zoo in the Australian state of Victoria has been celebrating the arrival of a southern white rhino calf, which is the first calf of this threatened species to be born at the zoo in almost a decade. The zoo said in a statement on Thursday that following a 16-month pregnancy, first-time mother Kipenzi gave birth just before 4:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday to the female calf who weighed just over 60 kilograms. Both Kipenzi and the newborn has been carefully monitored by veterinarians and zookeepers. According to the statement, keepers observed an absence of healthy bonding after birth, with the calf not thriving as expected during the first hours of infancy. It was later brought to the zoo's vet clinic for medical checks and supplementary feeding. This

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Whooper swans in N. China wetland prepare for migration to Siberia

STORY: Whooper swans in N. China wetland prepare for migration to Siberia DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:56 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of swans 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CUI LIANG, Staff member of Shengtian Lake scenic area STORYLINE: In the wetland of the Shengtian Lake, north China's Shanxi Province, flocks of whooper swans are preparing for their northward migration to Siberia. In order to help swans complete their journey, supplementary feeding is increased to ensure they will have enough strength. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CUI LIANG, Staff member of Shengtian Lake scenic area "The whooper swans are preparing to migrate back. We have many cygnets here. As the migration journey is very long, they need to do a lot of flying exercises. Meanwhile, in order to ensure their smooth migration to Siberia, we have increased the supplementary feeding for swans from 150 kilograms to 250 kilograms per day." Covering more than eight square kilometers, the wetland of the Shen

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Gov't eyes 15 tril. yen spending for FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Aso Taro answers questions from reporters on a fiscal 2009 supplementary budget at his office in Tokyo on April 8. The government is planning to compile a supplementary budget that will involve actual fiscal spending of 15 trillion yen, the largest-ever amount for an extra budget, to help Japan overcome the current economic crisis.

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Abe willing to compile supplementary budget for reconstruction

TOKYO, April 25 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends an emergency disaster meeting in Tokyo on April 25, 2016. Abe showed readiness to compile a supplementary budget for fiscal 2016 to promote reconstruction following powerful earthquakes in southwestern Japan.

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Japan accedes to compensation pact for nuke damage

VIENNA, Austria - Mitsuru Kitano (L), permanent Japanese representative to international organizations in Vienna, Austria, shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano on Jan. 15, 2015, after submitting Japan's instrument of acceptance to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.

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Cabinet OKs 3.12 tril. yen extra budget for stimulus steps

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and his ministers attend an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Jan. 9, 2015, in Tokyo to endorse a 3.12 trillion yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2014 to fund an economic stimulus package aimed at bolstering domestic demand curtailed by the April 1 consumption tax hike and weaker yen.

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Japan's Diet enacts FY 2012 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2013, after Japan's parliament enacted a 13.1 trillion yen ($140.7 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2012. To the left is Finance Minister Taro Aso.

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Lower house OKs 4th extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and members of his Cabinet bow deeply at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012, after the lower house approved a fourth supplementary budget for fiscal 2011 that will finance relief measures following the March earthquake and tsunami.

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PM Noda visits Nissan plant

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) listens to an explanation about the motor for electric vehicles at the Yokohama plant of Nissan Motor Co. in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2011. Nissan President Carlos Ghosn (C) accompanied Noda. The prime minister told reporters afterwards that in the third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011, he plans to substantially increase the subsidy for building plants in the country. (Pool Photo)

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Diet OKs 4 tril. yen extra budget for quake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on May 2, 2011. The Diet enacted a 4.02 trillion yen extra budget for fiscal 2011 the same day, the first in a series of large emergency spending packages to fund reconstruction after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as the upper house approved the budget and related bills. The supplementary budget and related bills were approved by the more powerful House of Representatives on April 30.

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PM Kan at House of Representatives Budget Committee

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2010. Kan called for the opposition bloc's cooperation in approving the fiscal 2010 supplementary budget during the current Diet session.

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Hatoyama attends upper house budgetary debate

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama raises his hand to answer a question during the first-day session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 26, 2010. Debate on a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 started in the upper house after the lower house passed it the previous day.

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Japan lower house OKs FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) walks past his right-hand man Ichiro Ozawa in the House of Representatives on Jan. 25, 2010. The lower house passed a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 aimed at shoring up the weak economy.

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Japan lower house OKs FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) walks past his right-hand man Ichiro Ozawa (R) in the House of Representatives on Jan. 25, 2010. The lower house passed a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 aimed at shoring up the weak economy.

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Japan lower house OKs FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and members of his Cabinet (top) bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives passes a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 on Jan. 25, 2010.

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Japan lower house OKs FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan applaud during a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 25, 2010. The lower house passed a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 aimed at shoring up the weak economy.

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Ozawa attends lower house plenary session

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 25, 2010. The DPJ-dominated lower house passed a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 the same day.

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Japan lower house OKs FY 2009 extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Naoto Kan stand to bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives passes a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 on Jan. 25, 2010.

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Gov't submits extra budget for FY 2009 to finance fresh stimuli

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (front) delivers a fiscal policy speech on government-sponsored bills for a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on April 27, with Prime Minister Taro Aso listening behind him.

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Aso orders gov't to draw up fresh stimulus steps

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 31. Aso said that the government will submit a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 to the Diet in a bid to weather the recession.

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Aso orders gov't to draw up fresh stimulus steps

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 31. Aso said that the government will submit a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 to the Diet in a bid to weather the recession.

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Aso orders gov't to draw up fresh stimulus steps

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 31. Aso said that the government will submit a supplementary budget for fiscal 2009 to the Diet in a bid to weather the recession.

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Diet enacts 2nd extra budget for fiscal 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso bows in acknowledgement during a plenary session of the House of Representatives after enactment by the Diet of a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. The 4.79 trillion yen budget features a controversial cash handout plan. At left is Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano.

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Cabinet approves bill to pave way for consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (C) chats with Kaoru Yosano (R), minister for economic and fiscal policy, in a room at the premier's office before an extraordinary Cabinet meeting Jan. 23. Aso's Cabinet endorsed a bill to revise the nation's taxation system, which includes a supplementary clause that lays the groundwork for raising the consumption tax from the current 5 percent.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID No. system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system on the first day of deliberations of the upper house budget committee on the government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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Deliberations on 2nd extra budget start in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa explains the government's submission of a 4.79 trillion yen second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 19. Deliberations on the budget, which includes a controversial 2 trillion yen cash handout plan, began in the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.