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Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote.

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Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote.

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of the House of Representatives cast ballots March 4 on a bill to implement a contentious cash handout plan after the House of Councillors rejected a related bill earlier in the day. The bill cleared the Diet with a two-thirds majority in a revote in the lower house.

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - The name marker (C) of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who sat out a House of Representatives session March 4 to revote on a contentious cash handout-related bill, lies on his desk. The bill cleared the Diet with a two-thirds majority in a lower house revote after being rejected in the House of Councillors earlier in the day.

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) applauds as a contentious cash handout plan cleared the Diet on March 4 with a two-thirds majority in a revote in the House of Representatives after being rejected in the House of Councillors earlier in the day.

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (back L) stands after the House of Representatives enacts a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean following a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation.

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Representatives enacted a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean after a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation.

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Road-related tax bill passes Diet in lower house revote

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from R) and members of his Cabinet stand in acknowledgement on the front bench of the House of Representatives on May 13 after the lower house passed a bill to keep tax revenues earmarked for road building for 10 years from this fiscal year, overriding the opposition-controlled upper house.

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Upper house rejects road tax bill

TOKYO, Japan - An electric signboard shows the House of Councillors on May 12 voting down a bill aimed at enabling the government to continue allocating gasoline tax revenues for road maintenance for 10 years. The bill is expected to eventually gain Diet approval because the ruling parties plan to hold a revote on May 13 at the more powerful House of Representatives to override the upper house decision with its two-thirds majority.

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Gas stations start raising prices, tax surcharges reinstated

TOKYO, Japan - A staffer at a Tokyo gas station changes gas prices on boards at 1:03 a.m. May 1 after a tax code bill to reinstate road-related tax surcharges took effect the same day. The Diet passed the bill after a revote in the ruling camp-controlled House of Representatives on April 30.

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Opposition DPJ leader Ozawa against revote on tax code bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa tells reporters in Tokyo on April 28 that his party will continue to urge the ruling parties not to hold a revote on a tax code bill so as to prevent gasoline prices from going up again and will see how the situation develops before making a final decision on whether to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

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Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), who doubles as Liberal Democratic Party president, and New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota (2nd from L) sign April 28 in the Diet building documents reaffirming their plan to reinstate gasoline and other road-related tax surcharges through a revote for a tax code bill on April 30 in the coalition-controlled House of Representatives.

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Opposition DPJ leader Ozawa against revote on tax code bill

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa tells reporters in Tokyo on April 28 that his party will continue to urge the ruling parties not to hold a revote on a tax code bill so as to prevent gasoline prices from going up again and will see how the situation develops before making a final decision on whether to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. (Kyodo)

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Ruling parties to revote for gas, road-related tax surcharges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R), who doubles as Liberal Democratic Party president, and New Komeito chief Akihiro Ota (2nd from L) sign April 28 in the Diet building documents reaffirming their plan to reinstate gasoline and other road-related tax surcharges through a revote for a tax code bill on April 30 in the coalition-controlled House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

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Upper house rejects road tax bill

TOKYO, Japan - An electric signboard shows the House of Councillors on May 12 voting down a bill aimed at enabling the government to continue allocating gasoline tax revenues for road maintenance for 10 years. The bill is expected to eventually gain Diet approval because the ruling parties plan to hold a revote on May 13 at the more powerful House of Representatives to override the upper house decision with its two-thirds majority. (Kyodo)

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Road-related tax bill passes Diet in lower house revote

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from R) and members of his Cabinet stand in acknowledgement on the front bench of the House of Representatives on May 13 after the lower house passed a bill to keep tax revenues earmarked for road building for 10 years from this fiscal year, overriding the opposition-controlled upper house. (Kyodo)

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Representatives enacted a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean after a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation. (Kyodo)

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Japanese parliament clears antiterrorism refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura (back L) stands after the House of Representatives enacts a law Dec. 12 to continue Japan's antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean following a revote by the ruling coalition in the lower house, overriding the opposition-controlled House of Councillors' rejection of the legislation. (Kyodo)

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) applauds as a contentious cash handout plan cleared the Diet on March 4 with a two-thirds majority in a revote in the House of Representatives after being rejected in the House of Councillors earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of the House of Representatives cast ballots March 4 on a bill to implement a contentious cash handout plan after the House of Councillors rejected a related bill earlier in the day. The bill cleared the Diet with a two-thirds majority in a revote in the lower house. (Kyodo)

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Cash handout-related law enacted

TOKYO, Japan - The name marker (C) of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who sat out a House of Representatives session March 4 to revote on a contentious cash handout-related bill, lies on his desk. The bill cleared the Diet with a two-thirds majority in a lower house revote after being rejected in the House of Councillors earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Upper house passes bill to revise temp worker law

Japan's House of Councillors in Tokyo passes a bill on Sept. 9, 2015, to scrap a three-year time limit on the employment of temporary workers. The bill will be sent back to the lower house for a revote as the upper chamber changed its enforcement date to Sept. 30 from Sept. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. House postpones revote on key trade legislation

Photo shows Sander Levin (C), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and other Democratic congressmen attending a press conference in Washington on June 16, 2015. The lower house decided to postpone until July 30 a revote on contentious trade legislation, in another move clouding the prospects for a swift conclusion of U.S.-led Pacific free trade negotiations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. House postpones revote on key trade legislation

Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 17, 2015, after the U.S. House of Representatives decided to postpone until July 30 a revote on contentious trade legislation, in another move clouding prospects for a swift conclusion of the U.S.-led Pacific free trade initiative. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote. (Kyodo)

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Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote. (Kyodo)