The Diet late Friday enacted the supplementary budget to fund a ¥5.1 trillion stimulus package even though the opposition rejected the package in the Upper House.

The decision in the more powerful Lower House, controlled by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and its small coalition partner, Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), overrode the Upper House vote.

Meanwhile, the Upper House passed nonbinding censure motions jointly submitted by the Liberal Democratic Party in the Upper House against Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku and transport minister Sumio Mabuchi. Your Party jointly submitted the one against Sengoku.