Opposition-dominated upper house votes down antiterrorism bill

Opposition-dominated upper house votes down antiterrorism bill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (front area) in the House of Councillors applaud Jan. 11 as the opposition-dominated upper house in a plenary session voted down a bill for Japan to resume an antiterrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The move opened the way for the ruling coalition to pass the bill through a second vote in the more powerful lower house.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001125716
  • Registered date
  • 2008/1/11 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2008 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 732.15(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan lower house election

    Japan lower house election

    Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2024, a day after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house for a general election.
      Japan lower house election

      Japan lower house election

      Yoshihiko Noda, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2024, a day after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house for a general election.
        Japan PM Ishiba, opposition party leader Noda at parliament

        Japan PM Ishiba, opposition party leader Noda at parliament

        Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) and Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaking at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.
          Japan PM Ishiba, opposition party leader Noda at parliament

          Japan PM Ishiba, opposition party leader Noda at parliament

          Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaking at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.
            Japan's main opposition party leader at parliament

            Japan's main opposition party leader at parliament

            Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a House of Representatives plenary session in parliament in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.
              Japan opposition leader Noda at parliament

              Japan opposition leader Noda at parliament

              Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024, as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R, back row) listens to him.
                Japan opposition leader Noda at parliament

                Japan opposition leader Noda at parliament

                Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024, as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R in back row) listens to him.
                  Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

                  Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

                  Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, casts a vote in an election to choose Japan's next prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned en masse earlier in the day.
                    Main opposition party head Noda

                    Main opposition party head Noda

                    Yoshihiko Noda, the leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, after Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected prime minister at a House of Representatives plenary session earlier in the day.
                      Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

                      Parliamentary election to choose Japan's next PM

                      Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, casts a vote in an election to choose Japan's next prime minister during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned en masse earlier in the day.