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Moving inside Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - Moving company workers on Dec. 21, 2012 carry a board bearing the Democratic Party of Japan's logo and slogan, which has been used by the party as a backdrop when its officials held press conferences, inside the Diet building in Tokyo, where political parties began relocating lounges for their lawmakers following the Dec. 16 general election. Customarily, each party gets space for a lounge whose size is in proportion to the number of its parliamentary seats. The DPJ, which saw its number of seats plunge to 57 from 230 in the 480-seat House of Representatives, is giving up a wide space on the front side of the second floor of the building to the Liberal Democratic Party, which increased its seats to 294 from 119.

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Day after general election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, head of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2012, the day after the LDP's landslide win in a general election. The LDP and its ally New Komeito together won a two-thirds majority in the 480-seat House of Representatives, enabling Abe to reclaim the premiership at a special Diet session to be held Dec. 26.

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Day after general election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, head of Japan's main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, answers reporters' questions at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2012, the day after the LDP's landslide win in a general election. The LDP and its ally New Komeito together won a two-thirds majority in the 480-seat House of Representatives, enabling Abe to reclaim the premiership at a special Diet session to be held Dec. 26.

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Japanese PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2011, after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's decision to hold a vote on the fiscal 2011 budget draft in the lower house of parliament the following week. The budget is expected to be enacted by March 31, the end of the fiscal year, but bills related to the 92.41 trillion yen budget must be passed by the opposition-controlled upper house or approved by two-thirds majorities in overriding votes in the 480-seat lower house.

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Koizumi reelected premier in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also serves as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is applauded by House of Representatives members at the lower house plenary session on Nov. 19 after being reelected premier. Of the 479 votes cast in the 480-seat lower house, 281 were for Koizumi.

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(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.

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Campaigns for June 25 election begin

TOKYO, Japan - The Home Affairs Ministry hangs a banner and installs a mascot outside the building in Tokyo on June 13, the first day of the official campaign period, to remind people to vote in the June 25 general election for the House of Representatives. A total of 1,361 candidates filed their candidacies for the 480-seat lower chamber in the morning the same day. The total is expected to reach about 1,400 before registration closes at 5 p.m.

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(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)

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Japanese PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2011, after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's decision to hold a vote on the fiscal 2011 budget draft in the lower house of parliament the following week. The budget is expected to be enacted by March 31, the end of the fiscal year, but bills related to the 92.41 trillion yen budget must be passed by the opposition-controlled upper house or approved by two-thirds majorities in overriding votes in the 480-seat lower house. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi reelected premier in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who also serves as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is applauded by House of Representatives members at the lower house plenary session on Nov. 19 after being reelected premier. Of the 479 votes cast in the 480-seat lower house, 281 were for Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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Campaigns for June 25 election begin

TOKYO, Japan - The Home Affairs Ministry hangs a banner and installs a mascot outside the building in Tokyo on June 13, the first day of the official campaign period, to remind people to vote in the June 25 general election for the House of Representatives. A total of 1,361 candidates filed their candidacies for the 480-seat lower chamber in the morning the same day. The total is expected to reach about 1,400 before registration closes at 5 p.m.