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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF logo (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF logo (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF logo (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF logo (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF logo (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CAF Office - Paris

View of a CAF (Caisse Allocations Familiales, Family Allowances Fund) office in Paris, on August 14, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays

STORY: Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protesting against rising defence outlays STORYLINE: Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 114.38 trillion yen (874.77 billion U.S. dollar) budget for fiscal 2023, including record allocations for controversial defense spending plans amid political and public opposition and against a backdrop of the country's dire fiscal health. The government's budget includes a record 6.82 trillion yen (52.15 billion dollars) in defense spending, a 20 percent hike and the highest on record, for the first year of a controversial and unprecedented five-year spending plan. The five-year plan has drawn staunch criticism from the public, opposition parties and scholars, in no small part due to the plan running contrary to Japan's constitutionally-bound pacifist stance. For the year from April, non-tax re

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JAPAN-TOKYO-FISCAL 2023-BUDGET

(230328) -- TOKYO, March 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a protest against the government's defense spending plans in Tokyo, Japan, March 28, 2023. Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 114.38 trillion yen (874.77 billion U.S. dollar) budget for fiscal 2023, including record allocations for controversial defense spending plans amid political and public opposition and against a backdrop of the country's dire fiscal health. (Xinhua/Jiang Qiaomei)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-FISCAL 2023-BUDGET

(230328) -- TOKYO, March 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a protest against the government's defense spending plans in Tokyo, Japan, March 28, 2023. Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 114.38 trillion yen (874.77 billion U.S. dollar) budget for fiscal 2023, including record allocations for controversial defense spending plans amid political and public opposition and against a backdrop of the country's dire fiscal health. (Xinhua/Jiang Qiaomei)

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Japan's lower house approves record 836.9 bln USD budget for FY 2023

STORY: Japan's lower house approves record 836.9 bln USD budget for FY 2023 DATELINE: March 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan's lower house of parliament 2. various of protest against the record defense spending STORYLINE: Japan's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a record 114.38 trillion yen (836.9 billion U.S. dollars) budget for fiscal year 2023, with record allocations made for social security costs while controversial defense spending has been factored in despite the country's grim fiscal health. A record 36.89 trillion yen (269.81 billion U.S. dollars), the largest amount ever, has been included in the budget for ballooning social security costs in a bid to deal with Japan's rapidly aging population. The government's budget also includes 6.82 trillion yen (49.88 billion U.S. dollars) in defense spending. This is part of the government's plans to bolster its defensive capabilities, with the broader five-year plan d

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Japan to study French model for child allowances: Fukushima

PARIS, France - Mizuho Fukushima (R), Japanese minister in charge of measures to deal with the low birthrate, speaks during a news conference in Paris on Jan. 4. Fukushima said Japan will explore the possibility of setting up a children's fund modeled after France's family allocations system that finances many of its child-rearing support measures.

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Nobel laureates ask PM Hatoyama not to cut science budget

TOKYO, Japan - Six Japanese Nobel laureates (L) meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2009, to urge him not to cut science and technology-related budget allocations.

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Gov't plan to cut tech budget sparks criticism from scientists

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Reona Esaki, the 1973 Nobel laureate in physics, Susumu Tonegawa, the 1987 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, Shigefumi Mori, the 1990 winner of the Fields Medal, Ryoji Noyori, the 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry, and Makoto Kobayashi, the 2008 Nobel laureate in physics, hold a joint news conference at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. They severely criticized a government body's recent instruction to slash science and technology-related budget allocations.

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Waste-cutting panel begins screening, proposes end to projects

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators sit in to watch a key panel tasked with eliminating waste in government spending as the panel, divided into three groups, began screening targeted projects in budget requests for fiscal 2010 at a gymnastic hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2009. The Government Revitalization Unit, created under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's new government, reviewed 447 projects for which allocations have been requested in the budget beginning April, and at the end of the session recommended an end to landscaping expenses and other changes.

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Japan to study French model for child allowances: Fukushima

PARIS, France - Mizuho Fukushima (R), Japanese minister in charge of measures to deal with the low birthrate, speaks during a news conference in Paris on Jan. 4. Fukushima said Japan will explore the possibility of setting up a children's fund modeled after France's family allocations system that finances many of its child-rearing support measures. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureates ask PM Hatoyama not to cut science budget

TOKYO, Japan - Six Japanese Nobel laureates (L) meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2009, to urge him not to cut science and technology-related budget allocations. (Kyodo)

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Gov't plan to cut tech budget sparks criticism from scientists

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Reona Esaki, the 1973 Nobel laureate in physics, Susumu Tonegawa, the 1987 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine, Shigefumi Mori, the 1990 winner of the Fields Medal, Ryoji Noyori, the 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry, and Makoto Kobayashi, the 2008 Nobel laureate in physics, hold a joint news conference at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. They severely criticized a government body's recent instruction to slash science and technology-related budget allocations. (Kyodo)

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Waste-cutting panel begins screening, proposes end to projects

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators sit in to watch a key panel tasked with eliminating waste in government spending as the panel, divided into three groups, began screening targeted projects in budget requests for fiscal 2010 at a gymnastic hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2009. The Government Revitalization Unit, created under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's new government, reviewed 447 projects for which allocations have been requested in the budget beginning April, and at the end of the session recommended an end to landscaping expenses and other changes. (Kyodo)