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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Abe meets Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Toru Hashimoto, acting leader of the Japan Restoration Party, the second-largest opposition party, shake hands before their meeting in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 11, 2013. Abe received the party's support ahead of putting through an extra budget for the current fiscal year to finance stimulus measures. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Lower house OKs 2nd extra budget for quake-relief work

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and his Cabinet members bow after a 2-trillion-yen second extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance reconstruction and relief works following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was approved by the House of Representatives in Tokyo on July 20, 2011, before deliberations begin in the opposition-controlled House of Councillors.

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Kan ready to quit after passing extra budget, 2 key bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Kan said he is ready to quit after securing parliamentary passage of the second extra budget for fiscal 2011, a bill to enable the government to issue deficit-covering bonds and a bill to promote the use of renewable energy, meaning that he could resign by the end of August when the current Diet session ends.

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Upper House panel OKs FY 09 2nd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Finance Minister Naoto Kan, Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei and consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima bow after the House of Councillors Budget Committee passed the second extra budget for fiscal 2009 on Jan. 28, 2010.

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Kan urges parliament to pass budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan gives a speech on fiscal policy at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, the opening day of the 150-day ordinary session of the Diet. He urged the ''earliest possible passage'' of the second extra budget, submitted earlier in the day, and related bills to ensure an economic recovery.

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Kan urges parliament to pass budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan gives a speech on fiscal policy at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, the opening day of the 150-day ordinary session of the Diet. He urged the ''earliest possible passage'' of the second extra budget, submitted earlier in the day, and related bills to ensure an economic recovery.

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Hatoyama at lower house Budget Committee

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Nov. 2, 2009. He said his government may compile a second extra budget for the current fiscal year.

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Aso says he will accept cash handout

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on March 2 after announcing that he has decided to accept his share of a controversial cash handout included in the second extra budget for the current fiscal year through March 31.

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Lower house set to pass 2nd extra budget Tuesday, DPJ not to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Jan. 9. Executives of the lower chamber's committees decided on a schedule for the lower house to pass a government-proposed second extra budget for the current fiscal year next Tuesday.

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Lower house set to pass 2nd extra budget Tuesday, DPJ not to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Edano from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan asks questions to Prime Minister Taro Aso in a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Jan. 9. Executives of the lower chamber's committees decided on a schedule for the lower house to pass a government-proposed second extra budget for the current fiscal year next Tuesday.

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Diet endorses 2.5 tril. yen extra budget

TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R front) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa bow at the House of Councillors' plenary session in the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 1 after the upper house approved the 2.5 trillion yen second extra budget for the current fiscal year. An electric board behind them shows 136 upper house members endorsing the budget, with 95 against it.

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Takenaka defends extra budget's 4.1 tril. yen public works

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka answers opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 25. Takenaka defended the government's second fiscal 2001 extra budget and its effective 4.1 trillion yen public works outlays as necessary to keep Japan's economy from shrinking sharply.

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Coalition leaders agree on 2nd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is seated at his official resident, flanked by his two coalition partners, New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (R) and New Conservative Party head Takeshi Noda (L). They agreed to compile a 2.5 trillion yen second extra budget for the current fiscal year to prop up Japan's ailing economy.

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Japan lower house panel OKs 2nd extra budget for FY 2022

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) bows after the second extra budget for fiscal 2022 was approved by the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Nov. 29, 2022, in Tokyo.

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Lower house set to pass 2nd extra budget Tuesday, DPJ not to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Edano from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan asks questions to Prime Minister Taro Aso in a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Jan. 9. Executives of the lower chamber's committees decided on a schedule for the lower house to pass a government-proposed second extra budget for the current fiscal year next Tuesday. (Kyodo)

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Lower house set to pass 2nd extra budget Tuesday, DPJ not to vote

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks at a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on Jan. 9. Executives of the lower chamber's committees decided on a schedule for the lower house to pass a government-proposed second extra budget for the current fiscal year next Tuesday. (Kyodo)

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Aso says he will accept cash handout

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on March 2 after announcing that he has decided to accept his share of a controversial cash handout included in the second extra budget for the current fiscal year through March 31.(Kyodo)

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Takenaka defends extra budget's 4.1 tril. yen public works

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka answers opposition questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 25. Takenaka defended the government's second fiscal 2001 extra budget and its effective 4.1 trillion yen public works outlays as necessary to keep Japan's economy from shrinking sharply.

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Diet endorses 2.5 tril. yen extra budget

TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R front) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa bow at the House of Councillors' plenary session in the Diet in Tokyo on Feb. 1 after the upper house approved the 2.5 trillion yen second extra budget for the current fiscal year. An electric board behind them shows 136 upper house members endorsing the budget, with 95 against it.

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Lower house OKs 2nd extra budget for quake-relief work

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and his Cabinet members bow after a 2-trillion-yen second extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance reconstruction and relief works following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was approved by the House of Representatives in Tokyo on July 20, 2011, before deliberations begin in the opposition-controlled House of Councillors. (Kyodo)

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Kan ready to quit after passing extra budget, 2 key bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Kan said he is ready to quit after securing parliamentary passage of the second extra budget for fiscal 2011, a bill to enable the government to issue deficit-covering bonds and a bill to promote the use of renewable energy, meaning that he could resign by the end of August when the current Diet session ends. (Kyodo)

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Upper House panel OKs FY 09 2nd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Finance Minister Naoto Kan, Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei and consumer affairs minister Mizuho Fukushima bow after the House of Councillors Budget Committee passed the second extra budget for fiscal 2009 on Jan. 28, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Kan urges parliament to pass budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan gives a speech on fiscal policy at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, the opening day of the 150-day ordinary session of the Diet. He urged the ''earliest possible passage'' of the second extra budget, submitted earlier in the day, and related bills to ensure an economic recovery. (Kyodo)

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Kan urges parliament to pass budget

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan gives a speech on fiscal policy at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, the opening day of the 150-day ordinary session of the Diet. He urged the ''earliest possible passage'' of the second extra budget, submitted earlier in the day, and related bills to ensure an economic recovery. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 2nd extra budget for FY 2020

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2020, after the government submitted to parliament a draft second extra budget for fiscal 2020 to implement additional measures to strengthen the medical system and help people hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd extra budget for FY 2020

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2020, after the government submitted to parliament a draft second extra budget for fiscal 2020 to implement additional measures to strengthen the medical system and help people hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Extra budget to push Japan FY 2016 outlays over 100 tril. yen

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), Nobuteru Ishihara (L), minister in charge of economic revitalization, and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2016. The Cabinet approved a draft second extra budget for fiscal 2016 to stimulate the flagging economy, bringing total public outlays for the year through March to over 100 trillion yen ($996 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hatoyama at lower house Budget Committee

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Nov. 2, 2009. He said his government may compile a second extra budget for the current fiscal year. (Kyodo)

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Japanese cabinet approves extra budget

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, flanked by Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R), presides over a special cabinet session, which approved a 6,789 billion yen second auxiliary budget Nov. 25. The extra budget finances the core part of an 18 trillion yen economy-revitalizing package unveiled earlier this month.