95.6% support no-confidence motion: street poll

OSAKA, Japan - A street poll, conducted in a square in front of JR Takatsuki Station in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 19, shows 95.6% support for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori be submitted by the opposition camp at the House of Representatives on Nov. 20. About 230 citizens took part in the 40-minute street survey, sponsored by opposition Social Democratic Party lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto. The photo shows a passerby preparing to put a red seal on either the 'confidence' (left) or 'no-confidence' (right) side of the board.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001082536

Registered date
2000/11/19 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2000 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 1713 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
1.25(MB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Campaigning for Dec. 14 general election begins

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows voters listening to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in front of Futamatagawa Station in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaign. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

(1)Party leaders conduct last-minute election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appeals to voters for support for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party while campaigning in front of Seibu-Tokorozawa Station in Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 8, the eve of the House of the Representatives election.

Embattled Mori survives no-confidence motion

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L), who is under mounting pressure to resign over a string of verbal blunders and scandals, survived a no-confidence motion against his cabinet March 5 by a majority vote of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its allies. During the House of Representatives plenary session, Yukio Hatoyama (foreground), leader of the Democratic party of Japan, explained why the motion was tabled by his party, the Liberal Party, the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

Opposition bloc to submit motion March 2

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of four main opposition parties agree March 2 to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's cabinet soon after the fiscal 2001 budget passes the House of Representatives later in the day. Attending the meeting are (from L to R) Takako Doi, chairman of the Social Democratic party, Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the Liberal Party, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party Presidium.

Lower house panel starts deliberations on extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) attends a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Nov. 20, which started deliberations on the 4.78 trillion yen fiscal 2000 supplementary budget. The meeting may be adjourned prematurely because of the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against Mori's cabinet that is to be submitted to the Diet the same day.

LDP's Nonaka swamped by reporters

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by a number of reporters on the morning of Nov. 20 near his residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The House of Representatives is expected to take a vote later in the day on an opposition-tabled no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's cabinet.

Opposition leaders agree on no-confidence motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of four opposition parties -- the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the Liberal Party (LP), the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) -- meet the press Nov. 18 after agreeing on a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. The SDP's Takako Doi (L), LP's Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from L), DPJ's Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) and JCP's Tetsuzo Fuwa (R) agreed to submit the motion to the Diet on Nov. 20.

LDP's Kato surrounded by reporters out front of his home

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweight, is surrounded by reporters out front of his home in Tokyo's Minato Ward in the morning on Nov. 18. Kato reiterated he will vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's cabinet expected to be submitted to the Diet by opposition parties Nov. 20. Kato is a former LDP secretary general who heads the LDP's second largest faction.

Lower house panel approves bill to ban human cloning

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology stand up Nov. 15 in support of a bill that would make human cloning a crime carrying a punishment of up to 10 years in prison. If Diet business is not interrupted by a no-confidence motion that opposition parties may submit against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, the bill should be passed in the current Diet session ending Dec. 1.

Mori applauds as controversial electoral reform bill enacted

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) applauds as the House of Representatives enacts a controversial bill Oct. 26 to revise the electoral system of the House of Councillors in time for the upper house election next summer. Far left is Chief Cabinet Secretary Hidenao Nakagawa. The bill was railroaded by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito and the New Conservative Party through the upper house Oct. 19 in a vote boycotted by the opposition camp. The opposition has since ended its Diet boycott.