DPJ, Innovation Party OK merger in March for summer election

DPJ, Innovation Party OK merger in March for summer election

Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada (R) and Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2016, after signing an accord for their parties to merge in March, to pose a stronger challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000084098
  • Registered date
  • 2016/2/26 17:15:22
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 2691 × 2527 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 521.70(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Leader proposes plan to disband Japan's opposition Democratic Party

    Leader proposes plan to disband Japan's opposition Democratic Party

    Kohei Otsuka (C), leader of Japan's opposition Democratic Party, attends a party meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2017, where he proposed disbanding the party and forming a new one, after it split in the run-up to the Oct. 22 lower house election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Otsuka to lead opposition Democratic Party

      Otsuka to lead opposition Democratic Party

      The new leader of the opposition Democratic Party Kohei Otsuka attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2017. Otsuka, a third-term House of Councillors member and former senior vice welfare minister, was chosen to lead the moribund party in response to calls for the new leader to come from the upper house as lawmakers in the chamber now dominate the party ranks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Koike mum on whether to resign as party leader over election loss

        Koike mum on whether to resign as party leader over election loss

        Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2017, after returning from a climate change conference in Paris. Koike dodged a question on whether she intends to resign as leader of the Party of Hope after its bid to seize power from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party in the Oct. 22 general election failed miserably. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

          Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

          Party of Hope leader Yuriko Koike (front L), alongside Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara (front R), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2017. Koike reiterated that she does not plan to resign as Tokyo governor to run in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives election. The two opposition parties have formed an alliance against the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

            Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

            Party of Hope leader Yuriko Koike (front L), alongside Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara (front R), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2017. Koike reiterated that she does not plan to resign as Tokyo governor to run in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives election. The two opposition parties have formed an alliance against the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

              Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

              Party of Hope leader Yuriko Koike (front L), alongside Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara (front R), shake hands in front of reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2017. Koike reiterated that she does not plan to resign as Tokyo governor to run in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives election. The two opposition parties have formed an alliance against the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

                Tokyo governor says no plan to run for lower house seat

                Party of Hope leader Yuriko Koike (front L), alongside Democratic Party leader Seiji Maehara (front R), speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2017. Koike reiterated that she does not plan to resign as Tokyo governor to run in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives election. The two opposition parties have formed an alliance against the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  LDP ally Komeito cautious about revising Article 9 of Constitution

                  LDP ally Komeito cautious about revising Article 9 of Constitution

                  Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan's Komeito party, announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2017, the party's campaign platform for the Oct. 22 lower house election. Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, took a cautious stance over the LDP's proposal to revise the pacifist Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    Koike says new party aims to topple Abe gov't in upcoming election

                    Koike says new party aims to topple Abe gov't in upcoming election

                    Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, founder of a new political party, Kibo no To (party of hope), gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2017. Koike said her party will field candidates in a majority of seats in the Oct. 22 lower house election, aiming to take power from the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Koike says new party aims to topple Abe gov't in upcoming election

                      Koike says new party aims to topple Abe gov't in upcoming election

                      Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, founder of a new political party, Kibo no To (party of hope), gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2017. Koike said her party will field candidates in a majority of seats in the Oct. 22 lower house election, aiming to take power from the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo