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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 20, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 20, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, makes a speech in Tokyo on April 21, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, makes a speech in Tokyo on April 21, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, makes a speech in Tokyo on April 21, 2025.

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, delivers a speech at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, delivers a speech at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024

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Japan opposition DPP head Tamaki

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, delivers a speech at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024.

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Ireland: Protesters March Through Dublin In Solidarity With Nikita Hand

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Dublin on Monday, November 25 to show support for Nikita Hand, who won a civil lawsuit against Mixed Martial Arts fighter Conor McGregor. On Friday, a jury at the High Court in Dublin determined that McGregor had assaulted Hand by raping her in a hotel in Dublin in December 2018. The protesters marched from Dublin city hall to the office of the Irish director of public prosecutions (DPP) to express their concern over the decision not to pursue a criminal case against McGregor.

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Japan opposition DPP head admits extramarital affair

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 12 Kyodo - Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2024, over an extramarital affair revealed in a tabloid magazine report. He said that the report was basically true and offered an apology. (Kyodo)

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Japan opposition DPP head admits extramarital affair

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2024, over an extramarital affair revealed in a tabloid magazine report. He said that the report was basically true and offered an apology.

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Japan opposition DPP head admits extramarital affair

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2024, basically admitting to an extramarital affair revealed in a tabloid magazine report.

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Japan opposition DPP head admits extramarital affair

Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2024, over an extramarital affair revealed in a tabloid magazine report. He said that the report was basically true and offered an apology.

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Zambia launches blueprint to end child early marriages

STORY: Zambia launches blueprint to end child early marriages SHOOTING TIME: June 14, 2024 DATELINE: June 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony of the launch of the policy 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GILBERT PHIRI, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) 3. various of the ceremony of the launch of the policy 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SETH BROEKMAN, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative 5. various of the ceremony of the launch of the policy STORYLINE: Zambia on Friday launched a policy aimed at ending child early marriages in the southern African nation. The launch of the ending child early marriage policy follows the enactment of a new law last year which makes it illegal for individuals under the age of 18 years to marry, including under customary law. The policy was aimed at raising awareness of the problem of child early marriages in the country and fostering collaboration among stakeholders toward its eradication, as we

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Taiwan ruling party's Lai wins presidency as rivals concede defeat

TAIPEI, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, who heads the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, effectively won Saturday's presidential election, after his two opposition party rivals conceded defeat. Hou Yu-ih, the candidate of the main opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, apologized to his supporters at a rally in New Taipei for failing to bring about a change of government, saying, "I let everybody down...I'm sorry to everyone." The world has been closely watching Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections amid China's unrelenting pressure on the self-ruled democratic island. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan presidential candidates make last pitches before election

TAIPEI, Jan. 12 Kyodo - Taiwan's presidential election candidates are making their last pitches to voters Friday on the eve of polls closely watched by the world as China continues to put pressure on the self-ruled democratic island amid rivalry with the United States. (Kyodo)

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World Health Assembly once again rejects Taiwan-related proposal

STORY: World Health Assembly once again rejects Taiwan-related proposal DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the WHO Headquarters STORYLINE: The 76th World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization, decided on Monday not to include in its agenda a proposal on Taiwan's participation in the annual assembly as an observer. Currently, global health security poses significant challenges, and most assembly member states hope for increased solidarity and cooperation to tackle these issues. Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities have gone against the trend and insisted on Taiwan-related proposals, a political ploy to engage in "Taiwan independence" separatist activities by hyping up its participation in the WHA. Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said in a statement that there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is

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Tsai at DPP national conference in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, speaks at a national party conference in Taipei on July 20, 2014.

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Taiwan opposition party

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Tseng-chang, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, speaks at a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 4, 2013. The DPP held first of a series of meetings to discuss the independence-leaning party's China policy.

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Taiwanese protest to gov't

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Tseng-chang (man wearing headband, 2nd from R front row), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, and former DPP leader Tsai Ing-wen (4th from R in front row) take part in an antigovernment demonstration in Taipei on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Taiwan's opposition KMT wins big in general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Jan. 12 after his Democratic Progressive Party suffered a crushing defeat in the general election. Chen resigned as DPP chairman over what he called ''the DPP's worst failure since its establishment.''

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Taiwan's DPP presidential hopeful outlines China, Japan policies

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's ruling party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh said Dec. 11 he would seek cross-strait peace and dialogue with rival China, if elected, but would ''never abandon'' Taiwan's de facto independence. Hsieh made the comments while speaking to members of the Japanese press in Taipei ahead of his visit to Japan next week.

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KMT grabs Taipei, DPP gets Kaohsiung in Taiwan mayoral elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hau Lung-bin 'R), the candidate of the main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), smiles after being elected in a mayoral election in the capital Taipei on Dec. 9.

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DPP to continue hard-line China policies despite pressure: Yu

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Yu Shyi-kun, head of Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Taipei on Feb. 16.

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Chen reiterates plan to hold referendum

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (in file photo) reiterated his intention in Dec. 13 to hold a national referendum in March urging China to stop pointing ballistic missiles at Taiwan. In a speech at a convention of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Chen said it is the Chinese military force that could change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, not Taiwan's democracy.

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Ruling DPP declares victory in Taiwan elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Frank Hsieh (2nd from L) declares victory on Dec. 1 in the island's general elections, while the major opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) lost its absolute majority. He told a press conference his party won 88 of the 225 parliamentary seats at stake, achieving its goal of becoming the largest party in parliament. The party won 70 seats in the last election in 1998.

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DPP leader urges China to understand Taiwan's stance

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Lin I-hsiung, chairman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), speaks to Kyodo News in an interview in Taipei on April 6. He said Chinese leaders should visit Taiwan to better understand public sentiment and realize that pressuring the island into unification is counterproductive.

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Taipei Mayor Chen votes in Taiwan polls

Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian (back) of Taiwan's largest opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) votes with his wife in Taipei on Dec. 5 in elections that could have long-term implications for the island's relationship with rival China. Chen is running in the Taipei mayoral race, a fierce contest with his major challenger, Ma Ying-jeou of the ruling Nationalist Party. Almost 15 million voters are eligible to elect a new 225-seat legislature. People in Taipei and southern Kaohsiung will also cast ballots for new mayors and city councils.

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DPP warned against attempt to seek "Taiwan independence" by using pandemic: FM spokesperson

STORY: DPP warned against attempt to seek "Taiwan independence" by using pandemic: FM spokesperson DATELINE: May 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday urged Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to stop seeking "Taiwan independence" under the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that such an attempt will only come to a dead end. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a daily news briefing when answering a query on reports that the General Committee and the Plenary Session of the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) have respectively decided to reject the so-called proposal of "inviting Taiwan to participate in the WHA as an observer" submitted by certain countries. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "The Chinese central government always attache

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Taiwan question differs in nature from Ukraine issue: Chinese FM

STORY: Taiwan question differs in nature from Ukraine issue: Chinese FM DATELINE: March 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday stressed that the Taiwan question differs in nature from the Ukraine issue and the two are not comparable at all. The biggest difference lies in the fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory and the Taiwan question is entirely China's internal affairs while the Ukraine issue arose from contention between two countries, namely Russia and Ukraine, Wang said at a press conference. It is a blatant act of double standards that some people, while being vocal about the principle of sovereignty on the Ukraine issue, have kept undermining China's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan question, he said. The current cross-Strait tension was caused by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority who denied the

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Ruling DPP declares victory in Taiwan elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Frank Hsieh (2nd from L) declares victory on Dec. 1 in the island's general elections, while the major opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) lost its absolute majority. He told a press conference his party won 88 of the 225 parliamentary seats at stake, achieving its goal of becoming the largest party in parliament. The party won 70 seats in the last election in 1998.

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KMT grabs Taipei, DPP gets Kaohsiung in Taiwan mayoral elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hau Lung-bin 'R), the candidate of the main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), smiles after being elected in a mayoral election in the capital Taipei on Dec. 9. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's DPP nominates party leader Tsai as presidential candidate

Chairwoman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party Tsai Ing-wen attends a press conference in Taipei on April 15, 2015, after the party nominated her as its candidate for next January's presidential election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPP bigwig to head Taiwan's top agency overseeing Japan ties

Photo taken May 27, 2016, in Taipei shows Chiou I-jen, a heavyweight of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party who was elected that day as chairman of the Association of East Asian Relations, Taiwan's semi-official agency handling the island's relations with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPP heavyweight tapped as Taiwan's de facto Japan ambassador

Photo shows former Taiwan premier Frank Hsieh, who has been tapped as the island's new chief representative to Japan, according to Taiwanese media reports. The post is de facto ambassador to Japan, with which Taiwan does not have formal diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's 1st non-KMT legislative speaker

Su Jia-chyuan, legislator of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, makes a speech in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, after being sworn in as the speaker of the newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP. Su's election makes him the first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's 1st non-KMT legislative speaker

Su Jia-chyuan (R) and Tsai Chi-chang, legislators of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, speak to reporters in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, after being sworn in as the speaker and deputy speaker, respectively, of the newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP. Their election makes them the first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) team to lead the Legislative Yuan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's 1st non-KMT legislative speaker

Under the portrait of Sun Yat-sen, Taiwan's founding father, Su Jia-chyuan (center L) is congratulated by fellow Democratic Progressive Party legislators in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, following his election as Taiwan's first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker. The newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP convened the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPP legislator selected as Taiwan's 1st non-KMT legislative speaker

Su Jia-chyuan, legislator of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, waves in Taiwan's legislature in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, after being selected as the nation's first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker since 1992. The newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP convened the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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aiwan's new legislature convenes

Su Jia-chyuan (C) and other legislators of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party head to the legislature in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, as the newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP convened. Later that day, Su was elected Taiwan's first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker since 1992. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's new legislature convenes

Taiwan's legislature gets ready for the election of its speaker in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, as the newly elected legislature dominated by the Democratic Progressive Party convened. Su Jia-chyuan of the DPP was elected Taiwan's first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker since 1992. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's new legislature convenes

Su Jia-chyuan, legislator of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, speaks to reporters at Taiwan's legislature in Taipei on Feb. 1, 2016, as the newly elected legislature dominated by the DPP convened. Later that day, Su was elected Taiwan's first non-Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative speaker since 1992. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's DPP leader hopes to keep ties with China unchanged

Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party who will run in the presidential election in January 2016, speaks in Taipei on March 17, 2015. She said she will aim at maintaining the ongoing Cross-Strait relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPP heavyweight tapped as Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan

Former Taiwanese premier Frank Hsieh heads to a weekly Central Standing Committee meeting of his Democratic Progressive Party in Taipei on April 27, 2016. Before the meeting, Hsieh said he had accepted the new position of Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's DPP presidential candidate picks running mate

Tsai Ing-wen (L), chairwoman of the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party and presidential candidate, poses for photos with epidemiologist Chen Chien-jen at a press conference in Taipei on Nov. 16, 2015. She chose Chen, deputy head of think tank Academia Sinica, as vice presidential candidate for the January presidential election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPP to continue hard-line China policies despite pressure: Yu

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Yu Shyi-kun, head of Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Taipei on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's DPP presidential hopeful outlines China, Japan policies

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's ruling party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh said Dec. 11 he would seek cross-strait peace and dialogue with rival China, if elected, but would ''never abandon'' Taiwan's de facto independence. Hsieh made the comments while speaking to members of the Japanese press in Taipei ahead of his visit to Japan next week. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's opposition KMT wins big in general election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Jan. 12 after his Democratic Progressive Party suffered a crushing defeat in the general election. Chen resigned as DPP chairman over what he called ''the DPP's worst failure since its establishment.'' (Kyodo)