ILEA000677049: Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

Thai Election Commission endorses 500 lower house MPs

STORY: Thai Election Commission endorses 500 lower house MPs DATELINE: June 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thailand's Election Commission announcing election results 2. various of MPs receiving certificates 3. various of Pita Limjaroenrat and his coalition partners holding a press conference STORYLINE: Thailand's Election Commission (EC) on Monday officially announced results from last month's general election, paving the way for the parliament to convene and choose a new prime minister. The polling body has endorsed all 500 members in the House of Representatives, which includes 400 constituency seats and 100 party-list seats, EC secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee told a news conference. According to the approved vote results from the May 14 election, a total of 18 political parties have won seats in the House of Representatives. The Move Forward Party secured the highest number of seats, with 151, followed by the Pheu Thai Party, which won 141 sea

Russia bans Japanese top officials from entry

STORY: Russia bans Japanese top officials from entry DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views of Moscow STORYLINE: The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that 63 Japanese citizens, including top officials like Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, have been "permanently" barred from entering Russia. "The administration of Kishida has launched an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign, allowing unacceptable rhetoric against the Russian Federation, including slander and direct threats," the ministry said in a statement. "It is echoed by public figures, experts and media representatives of Japan, who are completely biased towards the attitudes of the West regarding our country," it added. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi are also blacklisted, among other government officials and lawmakers. In addition, the entry ban applies

Hatoyama's wife celebrates DPJ victory

SAPPORO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, celebrates her husband's reelection in the House of Representatives election at his campaign office in Muroran, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki rookie Fukuda wins Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Eriko Fukuda, a rookie candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 30 after winning a House of Representatives seat in the No. 2 single-seat constituency in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

LDP veteran Nakayama loses Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Nariaki Nakayama (L), a veteran lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows as he offers a traditional ''dogeza'' apology to supporters for his failure to be reelected in Miyazaki on Aug. 30. Nakayama, a former minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, lost his seat in the lower house. (Kyodo)

Ex-LDP No. 2 man Takebe narrowly wins reelection

KITAMI, Japan - Tsutomu Takebe, a former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, bows to supporters in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30 after losing in the No. 12 single-seat constituency of Hokkaido in the House of Representatives election. But Takebe regained a lower house seat in the proportional representation block. (Kyodo)

Ex-Finance Minister Nakagawa loses Diet seat

OBIHIRO, Japan - In his campaign office in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 30, 2009, former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa of the Liberal Democratic Party consoles a supporter who burst into tears after Nakagawa lost his seat in the House of Representatives election. Nakagawa stepped down as finance minister after appearing to be drunk at a press conference at the Group of Seven financial meeting in Rome in February. (Kyodo)

Ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Nakagawa narrowly wins reelection

HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hidenao Nakagawa, a former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to supporters in Higashi-Hiroshima on Aug. 31 about his defeat in the No. 4 single-seat constituency of Hiroshima Prefecture in the House of Representatives election the previous day. But Nakagawa regained a lower house seat in the proportional representation block. (Kyodo)

LDP's Koike narrowly secures reelection

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party bows in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31 after narrowly securing reelection to the House of Representatives in the general election the previous day. Koike lost in the capital's No. 10 single-seat constituency but regained a seat in the proportional representation block. (Kyodo)

LDP veteran Kyuma loses Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Fumio Kyuma bows to his supporters in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Kyuma, a former defense minister, lost his seat in the House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

Ex-Foreign Minister Machimura narrowly wins reelection

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