Ratification of the Paris Agreement
The House of Representatives passed an approval bill
November 8, 2016, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in a pensive mood while attending a Diet lower house plenary session to The government initially planned to have the lower chamber ratify the treaty on Nov. 4, but a Diet struggle over contentious legislation related to the Trans treaty on Nov. 4, but a Diet struggle over contentious legislation related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade arrangement froze deliberations . (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-