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[Breaking News]Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 22 Kyodo - Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference following the party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Inauguration of Japan's new opposition party

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance, raise their fists during the new opposition party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Inauguration of Japan's new opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during the new opposition party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026.

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Inauguration of Japan's new opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance, raise their fists during the new opposition party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda (C, L) and Tetsuo Saito (C, R), co-leaders of Japan's new centrist opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, raise their fists during the party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers have joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, hold a press conference following the party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, wave at the end of the party's inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during its inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during its inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Tetsuo Saito, co-leader of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during its inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, speaks during its inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Inauguration of Japan's new centrist opposition party

Japan's new centrist opposition party, called the Centrist Reform Alliance, holds an inaugural convention in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2026. Over 160 lawmakers joined the party formed following a deal between the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Komeito party ahead of a general election set for Feb. 8.

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Trump To Take Office On January 20

File photo dated January 20, 2017 shows President Donald Trump dances with First Lady Melanie Trump while attending the Freedom Inaugural Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Trump will attend three inaugural balls. According to the 20th Amendment of the Constitution, the term for President and Vice President begin at noon on January 20 the year following a presidential election, meaning it will be a little over two months before Trump takes the Oval Office. The next inauguration ceremony will be held on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Inauguration Day is held on this same date, Jan. 20, every four years. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump To Take Office On January 20

File photo dated January 20, 2017 shows President Donald Trump singing along to "My Way" dances with First Lady Melanie Trump while attending the Freedom Inaugural Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Trump will attend three inaugural balls. According to the 20th Amendment of the Constitution, the term for President and Vice President begin at noon on January 20 the year following a presidential election, meaning it will be a little over two months before Trump takes the Oval Office. The next inauguration ceremony will be held on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Inauguration Day is held on this same date, Jan. 20, every four years. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First-ever Olympic Esports Week in Singapore

Photo taken June 22, 2023, shows the venue of the inaugural Olympic Esports Week that kicked off the same day at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore. The event is being run by the International Olympic Committee to promote the sport ahead of its possible inclusion at the Olympics in the future.

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New opposition party launched with merger of DPJ, smaller party

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - Lawmakers of the newly formed Democratic Party, created through the merger of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the smaller Japan Innovation Party, raise their hands in celebration during the party's inaugural convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2016. Katsuya Okada, former DPJ leader, was elected as the head of the new party.

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Ozawa heads small party

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa (C) and his party colleagues pump their fists during the inaugural convention of the People's Life Party in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Ozawa was selected head of the small opposition party.

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(1)Fukushima formally elected SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima delivers her inaugural speech after being formally elected leader of the Socialist Democratic Party at a regular party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 13.

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping administers oath of office to the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here on July 1, 2022 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-HONG KONG-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), administers oath of office to members of the Executive Council of the HKSAR at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. A meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR were held here on Friday. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-HONG KONG-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), addresses a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, poses for a photo with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee, who was just sworn in, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, administers oath of office to the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, administers oath of office to principal officials of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and delivers an important speech, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong, south China, July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, administers oath of office to principal officials of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, administers oath of office to the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-XI JINPING-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, administers oath of office to the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) John Lee at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, south China's Hong Kong, July 1, 2022. Xi attended a meeting held here Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR and delivered an important speech. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-HONG KONG-25TH ANNIVERSARY-MEETING-INAUGURAL CEREMONY (CN)

(220701) -- HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) are held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong, south China, July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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U.S.-LOS ANGELES-SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS-RALLY

(220609) -- LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Protestors attend a rally near the Los Angeles Convention Center where the ninth Summit of the Americas is held in Los Angeles, the United States, June 8, 2022. The inaugural ceremony of the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas kicked off here on Wednesday, with a notable absence of several key regional leaders. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Charged With Acting As Agent Of UAE

File photo dated July 21, 2016 of Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital, makes remarks at the 2016 Republican National Convention held at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH, USA. Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the chair of former President Trumps inaugural committee and a prominent Southern California businessman, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he and two associates were part of a secretive, years-long effort to shape Trumps foreign policy as a candidate and later, president, all to the benefit of the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New opposition party launched with merger of DPJ, smaller party

Katsuya Okada, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) who heads the newly launched Democratic Party, addresses an inaugural convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2016. The DPJ and the Japan Innovation Party merged into the new opposition party consisting of 156 lawmakers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New opposition party launched with merger of DPJ, smaller party

Katsuya Okada, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) who heads the newly launched Democratic Party, addresses an inaugural convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2016. The DPJ and the Japan Innovation Party merged into the new opposition party consisting of 156 lawmakers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka mayor launches new faction with Innovation Party defectors

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (R) and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui attend the inaugural convention of "Osaka Ishin no Kai," a new political party, in the western Japanese city of Osaka on Oct. 31, 2015. Hashimoto leads the party while Matsui serves as its secretary general. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Fukushima formally elected SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima delivers her inaugural speech after being formally elected leader of the Socialist Democratic Party at a regular party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 13. (Kyodo)