A plenary session of the House of Representatives is held in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2021. The lower house approved the same day a third supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 totaling 19.18 trillion yen ($185 billion) to fund additional government measures to counter the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People walk in the rain at an intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area on Jan. 23, 2021, as the death toll from the novel coronavirus in the country surpasses 5,000 the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
