Committee members of Japan's Lower House have agreed on a vote of a revised draft of a bill aimed at helping people who have suffered damage from the actions of the former Unification Church.

The vote is scheduled for Thursday. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is to attend the session ahead of the voting.

Japan's Upper House has adopted a resolution expressing concerns about the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and elsewhere in China.

The resolution was passed by a majority vote in the chamber's plenary session on Monday.

Japan's Lower House has passed a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to tackle soaring prices. The bill was sent to the Upper House.

The budget passed on Tuesday totals about 28.9 trillion yen, or about 209 billion dollars, including funding for measures to ease the burden of surging electricity and gas bills for households and companies.

A senior official from the administration of US President Donald Trump has expressed gratitude to Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, describing his leadership as outstanding.

The official made the comment to NHK on Friday following Abe's announcement that he intends to step down.

The Upper House of Japan's Diet will begin studying ways to move their deliberations online.

In the latest ordinary Diet session, lawmakers were seated spaced apart in the main chamber to observe social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Japan's Upper House budget committee approved a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year on Friday to respond to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The budget is expected to be enacted in the afternoon at a plenary session.

The economic package is worth 31.9 trillion yen, or more than 298 billion dollars, a record for a supplementary budget.

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[Alexandros] will hold a live house tour called 'Where's My Tomato? Tour' from June. 

This announcement was made on March 18 during a live broadcast. The upcoming tour is scheduled to kick off on June 24 at KT Zepp Yokohama and will wrap up on August 15 Zepp Haneda for a total of 14 shows at 7 venues. The full schedule can be seen below the cut. 

The Lower House of Japan's Diet has passed a bill to enable the prime minister to declare a state of emergency to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

The legislation won the approval at a plenary session of the Lower House on Thursday with a majority vote from the governing Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner Komeito, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, and others. The bill was then sent to the Upper House for a final Diet endorsement.

A Lower House committee in Japan's Diet has passed a bill that would allow the prime minister to declare a state of emergency to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

The bill was approved on Wednesday with a majority vote from the governing Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner Komeito, as well as the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, Democratic Party for the People, Nippon Ishin and others.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized for jeering an opposition lawmaker last week.

Abe heckled Kiyomi Tsujimoto of Constitutional Democratic Party during a Lower House budget committee session last Wednesday, calling her question "meaningless," which drew sharp reaction from the opposition camp.

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Cocco will hold her first live house tour from March. 

The tour is scheduled to kick off on March 11 at NAGANO CLUB JUNK BOX and wrap up on May 26 at Shimane's Apollo. She will tour with Horikoshi Nobuyasu (G), Negishi Takamune (B), and Shiino Kyoichi (Dr).