Four men throw hats in LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Four men formally filed their candidacies April 12 in the April 24 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. They are: (top from L to R) Ryutaro Hashimoto, 63, Junichiro Koizumi, 59, (bottom from L to R) Shizuka Kamei, 64, and Taro Aso, 60.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001083861

Registered date
2001/4/12 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2001 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 2011 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
951.23(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Uneasy LDP becoming more animated in satirical attacks on DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - In an image taken from an animated video clip by the governing Liberal Democratic Party, four men in silhouette who look like executives of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan call themselves the ''Burefo'' (Wavering Four). In the scene, the LDP criticizes DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama and his three deputies -- Naoto Kan, Ichiro Ozawa and Katsuya Okada -- for lacking coherence in their policies over key diplomatic and domestic issues.

Uneasy LDP becoming more animated in satirical attacks on DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - In an image taken from an animated video clip by Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a ramen shop chef who resembles Aso's main rival Yukio Hatoyama pours oil into a bowl of his ''special manifesto ramen'' at the request of a man who is seemingly from the United States. In the scene, the LDP criticizes the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan for flip-flopping over the issue of whether to continue Japan's mission of refueling foreign vessels in the Indian Ocean to help U.S-led antiterrorism operations.

Aso, Hatoyama in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Two separate photos show Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) punching the air at a stump stop near JR Yokohama Station, and Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waving near JR Akabane Station, respectively, on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

Aso, Hatoyama face off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese opposition camp leader Yukio Hatoyama (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a debate with the leaders of five other major parties including Prime Minister Taro Aso (L), who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 17, on the eve of the start of official campaigning for the Aug. 30 general election. (Kyodo)

LDP's Tanahashi, Ishiba and Yamamoto willing to run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Three Liberal Democratic Party members in this file photos -- (from L to R) Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister for science and technology, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ichita Yamamoto -- have expressed their willingness to run in the party's presidential election on Sept. 22 in a bid to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. But the prospects of meeting the requirement for candidacy have not yet emerged. (Kyodo)

Fukuda chooses new LDP leadership ahead of Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Aso (L), new secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Bunmei Ibuki, LDP's outgoing secretary general, shake hands at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed new executives in the LDP ahead of reshuffling his Cabinet. (Kyodo)

:Premier-to-be Fukuda names senior LDP executives

TOKYO, Japan - Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Yasuo Fukuda poses with the new lineup of top LDP executives he appointed on Sept. 24. From L to R: Masaaki Yamazaki, secretary general of the LDP House of Councillors caucus; Makoto Koga, chairman of the LDP election strategy committee; Bummei Ibuki, LDP secretary general; Fukuda; Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the LDP General Council; Sadakazu Tanigaki, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council; and Hidehisa Otsuji, head of the LDP House of Councillors caucus. Fukuda is expected to be elected prime minister by parliament on Sept. 25 as the LDP controls the House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

Fukuda, Aso give joint campaign speeches

TOKYO, Japan - Two candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and LDP Secretary General Taro Aso, give joint campaign speeches at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 16. (Kyodo)

Kozumi, Kanzaki confirm solid coalition partnership

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 12. They confirmed the solidity of the governing coalition despite the setback suffered by Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party in the July 11 House of Councillors election. (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)