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Indian PM inaugurates new parliament building

STORY: Indian PM inaugurates new parliament building DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of the new parliament building STORYLINE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new parliament building on Sunday, which has come up just next to the nearly 100-year-old colonial-era building in the heart of the Indian capital. "This building is equipped with modern facilities and equipped with the latest gadgets. It has given employment to over 60,000 laborers. We have created a digital gallery to honor their hard work," Modi said in his inaugural address. The new building, which took nearly two and a half years for construction, is more spacious than the previous one with an increased seating capacity for lawmakers. Modi added that the new parliament building was a symbol of the end of colonial mindset. "The new parliament isn't just a building -- it is the symbol of the aspiration of the 1.4 billion

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Political deadlock in U.S. Congress over speakership persists

STORY: Political deadlock in U.S. Congress over speakership persists DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the U.S. Congress STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Members of a paralyzed U.S. House of Representatives failed to elect a new speaker again on Jan. 4, 2023. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes for the fourth, fifth and sixth times, after at least 20 lawmakers of his own party didn't vote for him. On Jan. 3, the opening day of the divided 118th Congress, the House also voted three times, but McCarthy fell short of the necessary 218 votes to be the next speaker. It was the first time a House speaker hadn't been elected on the first ballot in 100 years. 'How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?' U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters. 'It's not a good look. It's not a good thing.' 'Republican

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Abductee Megumi's parents send letters to over 100 U.S. lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the copies of letters sent to more than 100 U.S. lawmakers by Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, calling for their support in keeping North Korea on the list of terrorism-sponsoring nations. The letters were written in English and sent through the Japanese government last week.

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Lawmakers launches group to consider secular war memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki addresses lawmakers in Tokyo on Nov. 9 at an inaugural session of a nonpartisan group to consider building a secular war memorial to help resolve the controversy over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The meeting was attended by about 100 legislators from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 other lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival, just a day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi paid a visit that sparked strong protests from China and South Korea.

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Ruling, opposition blocs clash over electoral system reform

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition parties' lawmakers (L) try to prevent ruling camp members (R) from entering the House of Councillors committee room where the first session began 30 minutes later than planned to deliberate a controversial bill for revision of the upper house electoral system on Oct. 2 in the Japanese parliament. At issue is a plan to reform the electoral system for the 100 proportional representation seats in the 252-seat upper house.

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Biden signs bill making lynching federal hate crime

STORY: Biden signs bill making lynching federal hate crime DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KAMALA HARRIS, U.S. Vice President STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation Tuesday afternoon to make lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in American history. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "The law is not just about the past. It's about our present, and the future as well." Biden made the remarks from the White House Rose Garden to mark the signing. He also stressed that U.S. civil rights leaders and lawmakers have been working for more than 100 years to pass such a bill. Biden was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, who co-sponsored a version of the bill when she served in the Senate, as well as other political and civil rights figures. Harris called lynching a "stain on the history of our n

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine in group

A nonpartisan group of Japanese lawmakers visits Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors, on Dec. 7, 2021. The group of about 100 politicians were making their first visit to the shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead, in more than two years.

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Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine in group

A nonpartisan group of Japanese lawmakers visits Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors, on Dec. 7, 2021. The group of about 100 politicians were making their first visit to the shrine, which honors convicted war criminals along with millions of war dead, in more than two years.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 other lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival, just a day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi paid a visit that sparked strong protests from China and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event. (Kyodo)

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Lawmakers launches group to consider secular war memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki addresses lawmakers in Tokyo on Nov. 9 at an inaugural session of a nonpartisan group to consider building a secular war memorial to help resolve the controversy over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. The meeting was attended by about 100 legislators from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Megumi's parents send letters to over 100 U.S. lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the copies of letters sent to more than 100 U.S. lawmakers by Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, calling for their support in keeping North Korea on the list of terrorism-sponsoring nations. The letters were written in English and sent through the Japanese government last week. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmakers visit war-linked shrine

A cross-party group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers pays homage at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo during its autumn festival on Oct. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers visit war-linked shrine

A cross-party group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers pays homage at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo during its autumn festival on Oct. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers visit war-linked shrine

A cross-party group of about 100 Japanese lawmakers pays homage at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo during its autumn festival on Oct. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruling, opposition blocs clash over electoral system reform

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition parties' lawmakers (L) try to prevent ruling camp members (R) from entering the House of Councillors committee room where the first session began 30 minutes later than planned to deliberate a controversial bill for revision of the upper house electoral system on Oct. 2 in the Japanese parliament. At issue is a plan to reform the electoral system for the 100 proportional representation seats in the 252-seat upper house.