Mori's rivals back down, no-confidence motion to fail

TOKYO, Japan - Senior politician Koichi Kato is moved to tears as he is surrounded by followers at a joint meeting of his faction members and Taku Yamasaki's at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 20. Kato and Yamasaki, leaders of ruling Liberal Democratic Party factions, said they would not attend the House of Representatives plenary session where the opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's cabinet, ensuring the motion will be defeated. Kato and Yamasaki earlier said they would support the motion that could oust Mori from power.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000006669

Registered date
2000/11/21 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
2001 × 1612 pixel

Resolution
72 dpi

Deployment size
238.80(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Your Party's Watanabe reelected

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, leader of the small opposition Your Party, celebrates by putting a flower atop his name on a board after securing reelection as a House of Representatives lawmaker in the Aug. 30 general election at a Tokyo hotel. Watanabe, a former Cabinet minister on administrative reforms, defected from Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in January. (Kyodo)

Lower house votes down no-confidence motion against Aso Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, explains a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet proposed by the opposition during a plenary session of the House of Representatives on July 14. The lower house voted down the motion but the opposition-controlled House of Councillors later endorsed a nonbinding censure motion against the prime minister. (Kyodo)

Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announce the formation of a new political party at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 17 in preparation for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. At center is former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki, who heads the party, called the Kokumin Shinto. (Kyodo)

(3)Japan coalition set to retain slimmer majority

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pauses to think Nov. 9 during vote counting for the House of Representatives election at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo. The LDP faces losing its majority in the 480-seat lower house, though the LDP-led ruling coalition appears set to retain control of the house by a sharply reduced margin. (Kyodo)

Junichiro Koizumi elected Japan prime minister by lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Junichiro Koizumi (C) bows to acknowledge applause by fellow LDP lawmakers in the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 26 after the lower chamber elected him prime minister to replace Yoshiro Mori. Koizumi won 287 out of 478 valid votes.

Mori congratulates Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) congratulates Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) on his election as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on April 24, as Koizumi's rivals in the poll Ryutaro Hashimoto (3rd from L) and Taro Aso (R) watch.

Mori congratulates Koizumi

LDP announces start of campaigning for party leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks at a meeting of Diet members of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on April 11. The LDP officially announced the start of campaigning for its April 24 presidential election that will choose a successor to the outgoing Mori.

LDP panel formally decides to choose Mori successor on April 24

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's committee on the party's presidential election decide to hold the party's presidential election to chose a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on April 24. They are meeting at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on April 9.

Koizumi to run in LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi is mobbed by reporters at a Tokyo hotel on April 9 after the Liberal Democratic Party's second largest faction, headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, decided to field Koizumi in the party's presidential election to choose a successor to Mori.