Upper house rejects censure motion against Mori

Upper house rejects censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori bows to members of the House of Councillors on March 14 after the upper house rejected a censure motion against him with a majority vote from members of the ruling coalition. The motion, proposed by four opposition parties and one parliamentary group, was defeated in the 252-seat upper house by 138 votes to 105.

Takeyama elected head of LDP upper house group

Takeyama elected head of LDP upper house group

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Takeyama speaks after being elected leader of the assembly of House of Councillors members from the Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 23. He succeeds Masakuni Murakami who quit last week over his ties with scandal-hit organization KSD. Takeyama, 67, who formerly headed the Science and Technology Agency, will lead the LDP delegation in the 252-seat upper chamber where the ruling party has 106 seats, short of a majority.

Ruling, opposition blocs clash over electoral system reform

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.

Upper house rejects censure motion against Mori

Upper house rejects censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori bows to members of the House of Councillors on March 14 after the upper house rejected a censure motion against him with a majority vote from members of the ruling coalition. The motion, proposed by four opposition parties and one parliamentary group, was defeated in the 252-seat upper house by 138 votes to 105.

Takeyama elected head of LDP upper house group

Takeyama elected head of LDP upper house group

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Takeyama speaks after being elected leader of the assembly of House of Councillors members from the Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 23. He succeeds Masakuni Murakami who quit last week over his ties with scandal-hit organization KSD. Takeyama, 67, who formerly headed the Science and Technology Agency, will lead the LDP delegation in the 252-seat upper chamber where the ruling party has 106 seats, short of a majority.

Ruling, opposition blocs clash over electoral system reform

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.