Posts Tagged ‘ Upper House ’

Fiscal challenges loom for newly elected Japan Democrats

August 31, 2009
Fiscal challenges loom for newly elected Japan Democrats

Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama places a marker on a winning candidate’s name Japan’s next prime minister began forming a government Monday as investors worried the untested Democratic Party would overspend in a bid to revive the economy or would ruffle ties with Tokyo’s closest ally, Washington. Sunday’s historic election win by [...]

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Record stimulus budget passes Japan’s parliament

May 29, 2009
Record stimulus budget passes Japan’s parliament

A record extra budget worth at 13.9 trillion yen (147 billion U.S. dollars) was passed in Japan’s parliament Friday, setting to reverse the downward trend of the recession-hit economy. The Japan’s largest-ever extra budget was blocked at the opposition-controlled upper house earlier Friday, but got passed through a revote in the more powerful lower house, [...]

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NA Chairman meets with Belorussian top law-makers

April 30, 2009
NA Chairman meets with Belorussian top law-makers

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam places great importance to relations with traditionally friendly countries such as Belarus, said National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.At his talks with Vladimir Andreichenko, Speaker of the House of Representatives (the Lower House) of the National Assembly of Belarus, in Minsk on Apr. 29, Chairman Trong confirmed that the Vietnamese NA [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...