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Nagoya mayor's party to contest next lower house election

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura makes a speech at the first convention of the political party he leads, Genzei Nippon (Tax Cut Japan), held in the central Japanese city on Aug. 28, 2011. The party decided at the convention to field candidates in the next House of Representatives election, which will be held within two years.

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Nagoya assembly election

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura puts up panels bearing the names of candidates from his political group who won in the Nagoya municipal assembly election on March 13, 2011, in the central Japan city. The group called Genzei Nippon (Tax Cut Japan), which advocates permanent tax cuts and halving assembly members' salaries, won the most seats in the election.

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Nagoya mayor Takashi Kawamura, who is running in the city's mayoral election to regain office, addresses voters as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. Kawamura, who resigned as mayor the previous month to test public opinion on his tax cut and other pledges that were rejected by the city assembly, is running on the ticket of the political organization that he leads, called ''Genzei Nippon,'' meaning ''tax cut Japan.'' The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

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Nagoya mayor sets up political group to make pitch for tax cuts

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura speaks about his newly established political group at a news conference in Nagoya on April 26, 2010. Kawamura said the group, named Genzei Nippon, literally meaning tax cuts in Japan, will aim to make the city's one-off 10-percent tax cut permanent by getting a majority in the local assembly.

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Nagoya mayor's party to contest next lower house election

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura makes a speech at the first convention of the political party he leads, Genzei Nippon (Tax Cut Japan), held in the central Japanese city on Aug. 28, 2011. The party decided at the convention to field candidates in the next House of Representatives election, which will be held within two years. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya mayor sets up political group to make pitch for tax cuts

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura speaks about his newly established political group at a news conference in Nagoya on April 26, 2010. Kawamura said the group, named Genzei Nippon, literally meaning tax cuts in Japan, will aim to make the city's one-off 10-percent tax cut permanent by getting a majority in the local assembly. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya assembly election

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura puts up panels bearing the names of candidates from his political group who won in the Nagoya municipal assembly election on March 13, 2011, in the central Japan city. The group called Genzei Nippon (Tax Cut Japan), which advocates permanent tax cuts and halving assembly members' salaries, won the most seats in the election. (Kyodo)

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Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Nagoya mayor Takashi Kawamura, who is running in the city's mayoral election to regain office, addresses voters as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. Kawamura, who resigned as mayor the previous month to test public opinion on his tax cut and other pledges that were rejected by the city assembly, is running on the ticket of the political organization that he leads, called ''Genzei Nippon,'' meaning ''tax cut Japan.'' The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring. (Kyodo)