Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Katsuya Okada, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in the city of Kofu. Okada said he will stop the "stampede" of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000089127
  • Registered date
  • 2016/6/22 10:34:05
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2016 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1658 × 2250 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 341.97(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan ruling party's leadership race

    Japan ruling party's leadership race

    Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2018, at which he made a policy speech. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Japan ruling party's leadership race

      Japan ruling party's leadership race

      Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2018, at which he made a policy speech. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        PM Abe announces LDP leadership candidacy

        PM Abe announces LDP leadership candidacy

        Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on August 26, 2018, declaring his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership election. Seen in the distance is Mt. Sakurajima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Japan PM Abe on U.S. forces in Okinawa

          Japan PM Abe on U.S. forces in Okinawa

          Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2018, a day after a candidate backed by his Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition won the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. Abe repeated his pledge to forge ahead with a contentious plan to move a key U.S. air base to a coastal area of Nago from another part in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Okinawa mayoral election

            Okinawa mayoral election

            Susumu Inamine (R), known for his anti-U.S. base stance, looks dejected alongside Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, following news that he was set to lose his job as mayor of Nago to a candidate backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in the mayoral election on Feb. 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Okinawa mayoral election

              Okinawa mayoral election

              Susumu Inamine (C in front row), known for his anti-U.S. base stance, and his supporters look dejected after he lost his job as mayor of Nago to a candidate backed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government in the mayoral election on Feb. 4, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

                Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

                Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election the previous day. Yamao, once seen as a rising star, left the opposition Democratic Party following a report on the scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

                  Lawmaker shrugs off extramarital affair scandal, retains seat

                  Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election the previous day. Yamao, once seen as a rising star, left the opposition Democratic Party following a report on the scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    Ex-PM Kan prevails in close single-seat constituency contest

                    Ex-PM Kan prevails in close single-seat constituency contest

                    Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after prevailing in a close race in a single-seat constituency in Tokyo in the general election the previous day, winning on the ticket of the newly created Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Ex-PM Kan prevails in close single-seat constituency contest

                      Ex-PM Kan prevails in close single-seat constituency contest

                      Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan celebrates on Oct. 23, 2017, after prevailing in a close race in a single-seat constituency in Tokyo in the general election the previous day, winning on the ticket of the newly created Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo