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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 shows Nobuko Kan (L), the wife of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R), celebrating after her husband secures a lower house seat in the general election at his campaign office in Tokyo.

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Ruling bloc gets low scores on implementation of 2005 manifesto

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting of nine groups, including a business lobby, think tanks and a labor union, to evaluate policy implementation of the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito party. The ruling coalition was given an average score of 46, out of a possible top score of 100, regarding whether it has fulfilled policy proposals made in its manifesto for the general election in 2005.

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Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency.

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Koizumi gives support to Koike's bid for prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) poses with former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike during a lunch meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16 at which Koizumi gave encouragement to Koike in her campaign to replace Yasuo Fukuda as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister. The gathering was also attended by more than a dozen of the ''Koizumi children'' LDP lawmakers who were elected during Koizumi's landslide victory in the September 2005 general election.

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'Koizumi's children' face changing political climate

TOKYO, Japan - Taizo Sugimura (top right, clockwise), Kuniko Inoguchi, Koichi Yamauchi and Satsuki Katayama, and Yukari Sato (center) are among the so-called ''Koizumi's children'' who won seats in the House of Representatives in the 2005 general election on the coattails of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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LDP readmits unseated 'postal rebel' for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Eto, a former senior vice health, labor and welfare minister, responds to questions from reporters at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on March 9 after being readmitted to the party. Eto, a former House of Representatives member, lost his seat in the 2005 general election after being ousted from the party for opposing postal privatization bills. Readmission paved the way for his candidacy in the House of Councillors election this summer.

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Dolls reflecting events in 2005 unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker Nov. 17 unveils a pair of dolls (bottom, R) based on the Nov. 15 wedding of Princess Sayako and another pair (bottom, L) depicting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. The dolls will go on public display Jan. 7-March 3, 2005.

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LDP readmits unseated 'postal rebel' for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Eto, a former senior vice health, labor and welfare minister, responds to questions from reporters at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on March 9 after being readmitted to the party. Eto, a former House of Representatives member, lost his seat in the 2005 general election after being ousted from the party for opposing postal privatization bills. Readmission paved the way for his candidacy in the House of Councillors election this summer. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi gives support to Koike's bid for prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) poses with former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike during a lunch meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 16 at which Koizumi gave encouragement to Koike in her campaign to replace Yasuo Fukuda as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister. The gathering was also attended by more than a dozen of the ''Koizumi children'' LDP lawmakers who were elected during Koizumi's landslide victory in the September 2005 general election. (Kyodo)

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Hakariya gets suspended term for illegally paying campaign staff

KAWASAKI, Japan - Keiko Hakariya, a former lawmaker of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, is surrounded by reporters in Kawasaki on March 24 after being sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for five years, for illegally paying rewards to campaign supporters in the Sept. 11 general election in 2005. (Kyodo)

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Dolls reflecting events in 2005 unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo doll maker Nov. 17 unveils a pair of dolls (bottom, R) based on the Nov. 15 wedding of Princess Sayako and another pair (bottom, L) depicting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who won a landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. The dolls will go on public display Jan. 7-March 3, 2005. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 shows Nobuko Kan (L), the wife of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R), celebrating after her husband secures a lower house seat in the general election at his campaign office in Tokyo. (Kyodo)