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[Breaking News]General election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 9 Kyodo - Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, after expressing intention to resign from the post at the party's executive meeting following a crushing defeat in a general election. (Kyodo)

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Keidanren chairman Tsutsui

Japan Business Federation Chairman Yoshinobu Tsutsui holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, expressing his intention to cooperate with the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to promote its policies following the Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, after expressing intention to resign from the post at the party's executive meeting following a crushing defeat in a general election.

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General election in Japan

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, after expressing intention to resign from the post at the party's executive meeting following a crushing defeat in a general election.

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General election in Japan

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2026, after expressing intention to resign from the post at the party's executive meeting following a crushing defeat in a general election.

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

U.S. Alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn speaks during a press conference in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 3, 2026, expressing her intention to compete in the Winter Olympics in Italy despite rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament.

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

U.S. Alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn speaks during a press conference in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 3, 2026, expressing her intention to compete in the Winter Olympics in Italy despite rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament.

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Iwakuni city willing to accept Osprey deployment

Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda (front) speaks at a city assembly session in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Aug. 27, 2024, expressing the western Japan city's intention to accept the deployment of U.S. Navy Ospreys at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base.

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HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-BILINGUAL SCHOOL-CHINESE PRESIDENT-LETTER REPLY

(230226) -- BUDAPEST, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students and teachers pose for a group photo with a slogan expressing the intention to be Chinese-Hungary friendship envoys at Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 24, 2023. TO GO WITH Feature: Heartwarming reply from "Grandpa Xi" cheers up little envoys of Hungary-China friendship (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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Fukui Pref. to strengthen ties with IAEA

VIENNA, Austria - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa delivers a speech at the International Atomic Energy Agency's conference in Vienna on May 12, 2014, expressing his intention to reinforce cooperation with the IAEA.

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Ex-state minister Watanabe expresses readiness to leave LDP

OTAWARA, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe replies to questions by reporters in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after expressing his intention to submit a letter to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 13 at a meeting of his supporters.

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Japan opposition leader Maehara to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 31 after expressing his intention to resign at a meeting of party executives. (Kyod0)

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Japan opposition leader Maehara to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows during a meeting of party executives at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on March 31 after expressing his intention to resign. At right is Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama.

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(1)Hashimoto quits as faction head, may retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is surrounded by reporters after expressing his intention to resign as head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction amid growing criticism about an undeclared 100 million yen donation he allegedly received from a scandal-tainted dentists' association.

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Okinawa accepts relocating U.S. port to Urasoe

Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (C) is thronged by reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 29 after expressing his intention to allow the relocation of the U.S. Army port in the prefectural capital of Naha to the neighboring city of Urasoe. In a meeting between central government and Okinawa prefectural government officials earlier in the day, Inamine said he hopes Tokyo will help to turn Naha port into an international hub port after the U.S. military vacates the area.

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Japan opposition leader Maehara to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, bows during a meeting of party executives at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on March 31 after expressing his intention to resign. At right is Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama. (Kyodo)

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Japan opposition leader Maehara to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a news conference at DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 31 after expressing his intention to resign at a meeting of party executives. (Kyod0)

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Ex-state minister Watanabe expresses readiness to leave LDP

OTAWARA, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe replies to questions by reporters in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 12 after expressing his intention to submit a letter to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Jan. 13 at a meeting of his supporters. (Kyodo)

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Prosecutors question Ozawa over false political fund report

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, Japan's top power broker who serves as secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, addresses the DPJ's annual convention on Jan. 16, 2010, at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo, expressing his intention to stay in the post after three of his aides were arrested over accounting irregularities. Prosecutors began questioning Ozawa on Jan. 23, 2010, on a voluntary basis over the alleged false political fund report. (Kyodo)

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(1)Hashimoto quits as faction head, may retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is surrounded by reporters after expressing his intention to resign as head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction amid growing criticism about an undeclared 100 million yen donation he allegedly received from a scandal-tainted dentists' association. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa accepts relocating U.S. port to Urasoe

Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (C) is thronged by reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 29 after expressing his intention to allow the relocation of the U.S. Army port in the prefectural capital of Naha to the neighboring city of Urasoe. In a meeting between central government and Okinawa prefectural government officials earlier in the day, Inamine said he hopes Tokyo will help to turn Naha port into an international hub port after the U.S. military vacates the area. ==Kyodo