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Lower house approves 3rd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and members of his Cabinet bow in the House of Representatives in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, after Japan's third extra budget for fiscal 2011 cleared the lower house. The budget is designed to finance additional work to rebuild the country's northeastern areas in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Opening ceremony for extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (top) attends the opening ceremony of a 51-day extraordinary Diet session in the main hall of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2011. The session, from Oct. 20 to Dec. 9, 2011, will discuss a 12.10 trillion yen fiscal 2011 third extra budget to finance full-fledged reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Extra Diet session ends

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and other lawmakers applaud in the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011, as an extraordinary Diet session, the first parliamentary session since the launch of the government under Noda on Sept. 2, ended the same day. A third extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance postdisaster reconstruction efforts will be deliberated at the next session which is expected to be convened as early as mid-October.

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PM Noda meets PNP leader Kamei

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Shizuka Kamei, leader of ruling coalition partner the People's New Party, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Noda and Kamei agreed on a third extra budget bill for fiscal 2011 and a tax hike plan to finance reconstruction following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul

OMITAMA, Japan - An extra flight by domestic budget carrier Skymark Airlines arrives at Ibaraki Airport in Komitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, from Kobe on March 11, 2010, the opening day of the airport, the third one in the Tokyo metropolitan area. South Korea's Asiana Airlines serves as the only regular flight from Seoul at the initial stage.

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Emperor addresses the Diet

Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an 18-day extraordinary session of the Diet (parliament) on Friday, Nov. 27. The extra session will deliberate a third supplementary budget for fiscal 1998 and a bill to revise the Fiscal Structural Reform Law.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (front, far right) bows during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2021, after the upper chamber passed and enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi bump elbows in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2021, after parliament enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Photo taken Jan. 28, 2021, shows a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo, which passed and enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi bump elbows in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2021, after parliament enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Photo taken Jan. 28, 2021, shows a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo, which passed and enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan enacts 19 tril. yen extra budget to fight virus

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2021, after the upper chamber passed and enacted a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen to ramp up measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Opening ceremony for extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (top) attends the opening ceremony of a 51-day extraordinary Diet session in the main hall of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2011. The session, from Oct. 20 to Dec. 9, 2011, will discuss a 12.10 trillion yen fiscal 2011 third extra budget to finance full-fledged reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Ibaraki Airport opens with only 1 regular daily flight to Seoul

OMITAMA, Japan - An extra flight by domestic budget carrier Skymark Airlines arrives at Ibaraki Airport in Komitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, from Kobe on March 11, 2010, the opening day of the airport, the third one in the Tokyo metropolitan area. South Korea's Asiana Airlines serves as the only regular flight from Seoul at the initial stage. (Kyodo)

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Extra Diet session ends

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and other lawmakers applaud in the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011, as an extraordinary Diet session, the first parliamentary session since the launch of the government under Noda on Sept. 2, ended the same day. A third extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance postdisaster reconstruction efforts will be deliberated at the next session which is expected to be convened as early as mid-October. (Kyodo)

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PM Noda meets PNP leader Kamei

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Shizuka Kamei, leader of ruling coalition partner the People's New Party, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. Noda and Kamei agreed on a third extra budget bill for fiscal 2011 and a tax hike plan to finance reconstruction following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Lower house approves 3rd extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and members of his Cabinet bow in the House of Representatives in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, after Japan's third extra budget for fiscal 2011 cleared the lower house. The budget is designed to finance additional work to rebuild the country's northeastern areas in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Emperor addresses the Diet

Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an 18-day extraordinary session of the Diet (parliament) Friday Nov. 27. The extra session will deliberate a third supplementary budget for fiscal 1998 and a bill to revise the Fiscal Structural Reform Law.