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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan lower house OKs 18 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bows after the House of Representatives approves an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) supplemental budget for the year through March in a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2025.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Japan Finance Minister Katayama

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to the chamber for a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2025.

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Japan parliament enacts law to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2025, as the parliament enacts a law to end the provisional gasoline tax surcharge.

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Japan parliament enacts law to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts at a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2025, as the parliament enacts a law to end the provisional gasoline tax surcharge.

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Local Police Protest During City Council Session In Seville - Spain

Members of the Local Police of Seville protest during the celebration of an Extraordinary Plenary Session of the City Council. On November 26, 2025, in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). The City Council of Seville celebrates this Wednesday, November 26, an extraordinary plenary session to address two key points in the present of the Local Police of the city. On the one hand, the recognition of credit for the payment of overtime and on the other approve the maximum expenditure for the Christmas Plan 2025-2026. Photo by María José López / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Votes On Lowering Age Of Criminal Responsibility - Madrid

VOX deputy Blanca Armario speaks during a plenary session, in the Congress of Deputies, on November 18, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Plenary of the Congress debates and votes today the Proposition of Law of modification of the Organic Law 5/2000, of January 12, regulating the criminal responsibility of minors, to lower the criminal age and punish more firmly and effectively the crimes committed by minors. The initiative, which has been proposed by Vox, proposes to lower from 14 to 12 years the legal age limit to consider minors criminally responsible, among other issues, on November 18, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Matias Chiofalo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Votes On Lowering Age Of Criminal Responsibility - Madrid

VOX deputy Blanca Armario speaks during a plenary session, in the Congress of Deputies, on November 18, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Plenary of the Congress debates and votes today the Proposition of Law of modification of the Organic Law 5/2000, of January 12, regulating the criminal responsibility of minors, to lower the criminal age and punish more firmly and effectively the crimes committed by minors. The initiative, which has been proposed by Vox, proposes to lower from 14 to 12 years the legal age limit to consider minors criminally responsible, among other issues, on November 18, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Matias Chiofalo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Votes On Lowering Age Of Criminal Responsibility - Madrid

VOX spokeswoman in Congress, Pepa Millán, and VOX secretary general, Jose María Figaredo, during a plenary session, at the Congress of Deputies, on November 18, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Plenary of the Congress debates and votes today the Proposition of Law of modification of the Organic Law 5/2000, of January 12, regulating the criminal responsibility of minors, to lower the criminal age and punish more firmly and effectively the crimes committed by minors. The initiative, which has been proposed by Vox, proposes to lower from 14 to 12 years the legal age limit to consider minors criminally responsible, among other issues, on November 18, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Matias Chiofalo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Votes On Lowering Age Of Criminal Responsibility - Madrid

Minute of silence during a plenary session, at the Congress of Deputies, on November 18, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Plenary of the Congress debates and votes today the Bill to amend the Organic Law 5/2000, of January 12, regulating the criminal responsibility of minors, to lower the criminal age and punish more firmly and effectively the crimes committed by minors. The initiative, which has been proposed by Vox, proposes to lower from 14 to 12 years the legal age limit to consider minors criminally responsible, among other issues, on November 18, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Matias Chiofalo/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President of National Counsil of Switzerland Maja Riniker visits Finnish Parliament

President of National Council of Switzerland Maja Riniker visits the plenary session of the Parliament of Finland in Helsinki, Finland on November 11, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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President of National Counsil of Switzerland Maja Riniker visits Finnish Parliament

President of National Council of Switzerland Maja Riniker visits the plenary session of the Parliament of Finland in Helsinki, Finland on November 11, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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