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DPJ nominates Satsuki Eda as House of Councillors president

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, 66, of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 6 after the DJP nominated him as the party's first president of the House of Councillors. The DPJ emerged as the largest party in the upper house after the July 29 election, and its candidate for the upper house presidency will be voted to be job by tradition.

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Hatoyama announces decision to step down as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is applauded by lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan after announcing his decision to step down at a general meeting of DJP lawmaker at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010.

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Hatoyama announces decision to step down as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is applauded by Ichiro Ozawa (L), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and other DPJ lawmakers after announcing his decision to step down at a general meeting of DJP lawmaker at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010.

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Ozawa expected to be declared winner in DJP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (photo) is expected to be declared the unopposed winner for a third term in the leadership race of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Registration of candidacy opens at 10 a.m. and Ozawa will be declared the unopposed winner after registration closes at 11 a.m. as there appears to be no other entry in the race.

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DJP leadership rejects Fukuoka's grand coalition proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Top executives of the Democratic Party of Japan meet in Tokyo on Nov. 2 where they reaffirmed the principle of not joining a grand coalition Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda proposed during a meeting with DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa earlier in the day. The DPJ executive meeting was chaired by Ozawa (C).

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(2)Japan coalition set to retain slimmer majority

TOKYO, Japan - Major opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Naoto Kan (R) and senior party member Ichiro Ozawa speak at a news conference soon after the vote counting in the House of Representatives election began on Nov. 9. Kyodo News projections show the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party appears set to retain control of the lower house in the day's election but by a sharply reduced margin, while the DJP is making major gains.

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Hatoyama meets Kan before announcing his challenge

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), deputy secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), shakes hands with DJP leader Naoto Kan (L) in Tokyo on Aug. 26. Later Hatoyama announced he is challenging Kan in the party's leadership contest next month.

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DPJ nominates Satsuki Eda as House of Councillors president

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, 66, of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 6 after the DJP nominated him as the party's first president of the House of Councillors. The DPJ emerged as the largest party in the upper house after the July 29 election, and its candidate for the upper house presidency will be voted to be job by tradition. (Kyodo)

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DJP leadership rejects Fukuoka's grand coalition proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Top executives of the Democratic Party of Japan meet in Tokyo on Nov. 2 where they reaffirmed the principle of not joining a grand coalition Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda proposed during a meeting with DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa earlier in the day. The DPJ executive meeting was chaired by Ozawa (C). (Kyodo)

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Ozawa expected to be declared winner in DJP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (photo) is expected to be declared the unopposed winner on Sept. 8 for a third term in the leadership race of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Registration of candidacy opens at 10 a.m. and Ozawa will be declared the unopposed winner after registration closes at 11 a.m. as there appears to be no other entry in the race. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan coalition set to retain slimmer majority

TOKYO, Japan - Major opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Naoto Kan (R) and senior party member Ichiro Ozawa speak at a news conference soon after the vote counting in the House of Representatives election began on Nov. 9. Kyodo News projections show the ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party appears set to retain control of the lower house in the day's election but by a sharply reduced margin, while the DJP is making major gains. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama announces decision to step down as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is applauded by lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan after announcing his decision to step down at a general meeting of DJP lawmaker at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama announces decision to step down as premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) is applauded by Ichiro Ozawa (L), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and other DPJ lawmakers after announcing his decision to step down at a general meeting of DJP lawmaker at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama calls on DPJ to aim for power

KOBE, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), pledges efforts on Jan. 16 to capture power from the ruling tripartite coalition. ''It is important for the DJP to tell the public the party has the will and policy to take power on its own,'' Hatoyama said at the outset of a party convention held at a hotel in Kobe, western Japan.

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Hatoyama meets Kan before announcing his challenge

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), deputy secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), shakes hands with DJP leader Naoto Kan (L) in Tokyo on Aug. 26. Later Hatoyama announced he is challenging Kan in the party's leadership contest next month.