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[Breaking News]New political party in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 25 Kyodo - Former House of Representatives lawmakers Kazuhiro Haraguchi and Takashi Kawamura pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2026. They plan to launch a new political party ahead of a general election on Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

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New political party in Japan

Former House of Representatives lawmakers Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) and Takashi Kawamura pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2026. They plan to launch a new political party ahead of a general election on Feb. 8.

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New political party in Japan

Former House of Representatives lawmaker Kazuhiro Haraguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2026, announcing he will launch a new political party ahead of a general election on Feb. 8.

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Noda retains DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bow after ending their speeches ahead of the presidential election of the Democratic Party of Japan at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 21, 2012. Noda easily defeated his three challengers in the election, remaining as Japan's premier despite low public support for the DPJ and the possibility he may be forced to dissolve the House of Representatives soon.

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Noda retains DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stand on stage ahead of the presidential election of the Democratic Party of Japan at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 21, 2012. Noda easily defeated his three challengers in the election, remaining as Japan's premier despite low public support for the DPJ and the possibility he may be forced to dissolve the House of Representatives soon.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan's former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi announces his candidacy in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, for the party's presidential election later in the month.

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Japan lawmakers fly over Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2010, after a flight over the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea along with three other parliamentarians. Haraguchi said the flight confirmed for him that the islands are part of Japanese territory.

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Japan, Australia to cooperate in broadband technology

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) shakes hands with Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy in Melbourne, Australia, on July 20, 2010. The two countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in broadband technology.

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delays

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Nabekura, president of Japan Post Service Co., speaks to reporters at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after meeting with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi. Haraguchi called on Nabekura to explain in writing significant delays in the company's parcel delivery operations by the end of this month.

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delays

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) hands to Japan Post Service Co. President Shinichi Nabekura documents demanding the company explain in writing significant delays in its parcel delivery operations by the end of this month at his ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010.

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Internal affairs minister Haraguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Best Father award for Cabinet member Haraguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications, bows after being given the Best Father award by industry association Men's Fashion Unity at a hotel in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Haraguchi retained his post in the Cabinet launched by new Prime Minister Naoto Kan the same day.

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Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, who has been reappointed as minister of internal affairs and communications by Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010.

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Gov't approves Japan Post's plan for FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) hands over to state-owned Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito documents authorizing Japan Post's business plan for fiscal 2010, on March 31, 2010, at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo. Japan Post plans to report falls in both revenue and net profit in fiscal 2010.

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Gov't to make major changes in Japan Post privatization plans

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei (L) speaks at a news conference, also attended by Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R), to reveal an outline of a bill to make major changes in the nation's postal privatization plans at the Diet building on March 24, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Gov't to make major changes in Japan Post privatization plans

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei (L) speaks at a news conference, also attended by Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C), to reveal an outline of a bill to make major changes in the nation's postal privatization plans at the Diet building on March 24, 2010. (Pool photo)

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New Year's card delivery starts

TOKYO, Japan - Communications minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) and Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (L) attend an annual ceremony to start the delivery of nearly 2.1 billion New Year's cards nationwide at a post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2010.

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Japan considering raising tobacco tax in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks to reporters about a government plan to raise the tobacco tax by around 3 yen per cigarette in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009.

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day.

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day.

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day.

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Haraguchi positive on granting foreigners local voting rights

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks during an interview with a group of reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2009.

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Confab held in Lima to promote Japanese digital TV standard

LIMA, Peru - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C) and telecom ministers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru, raise their hands in Lima on Sept. 21, 2009, after signing an accord to promote a digital terrestrial television standard used in Japan.

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Confab held in Lima to promote Japanese digital TV standard

LIMA, Peru - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C) makes his opening remarks at a telecommunications ministers' conference in Lima on Sept. 21, 2009, to promote a digital terrestrial television standard used in Japan.

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Hatoyama Cabinet starts business in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - New Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi is greeted by ministry employees as he arrives at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2009.

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Internal affairs minister Haraguchi gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications, speaks during his first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Internal affairs minister Haraguchi arrives at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2009.

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delay

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Nabekura, president of Japan Post Service Co., speaks to reporters at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010, after meeting with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi. Haraguchi called on Nabekura to explain in writing significant delays in the company's parcel delivery operations by the end of this month. (Kyodo)

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Ministry asks Japan Post Service to explain parcel delivery delay

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) hands to Japan Post Service Co. President Shinichi Nabekura documents demanding the company explain in writing significant delays in its parcel delivery operations by the end of this month at his ministry in Tokyo on July 6, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Australia to cooperate in broadband technology

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) shakes hands with Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy in Melbourne, Australia, on July 20, 2010. The two countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in broadband technology. (Kyodo)

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Internal affairs minister Haraguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks at a press conference after he was retained in the post at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Best Father award for Cabinet member Haraguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications, bows after being given the Best Father award by industry association Men's Fashion Unity at a hotel in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Haraguchi retained his post in the Cabinet launched by new Prime Minister Naoto Kan the same day. (Kyodo)

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Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, who has been reappointed as minister of internal affairs and communications by Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gov't approves Japan Post's plan for FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (L) hands over to state-owned Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito documents authorizing Japan Post's business plan for fiscal 2010, on March 31, 2010, at the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Tokyo. Japan Post plans to report falls in both revenue and net profit in fiscal 2010. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to make major changes in Japan Post privatization plans

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei (L) speaks at a news conference, also attended by Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R), to reveal an outline of a bill to make major changes in the nation's postal privatization plans at the Diet building on March 24, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Gov't to make major changes in Japan Post privatization plans

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei (L) speaks at a news conference, also attended by Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C), to reveal an outline of a bill to make major changes in the nation's postal privatization plans at the Diet building on March 24, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmakers fly over Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2010, after a flight over the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea along with three other parliamentarians. Haraguchi said the flight confirmed for him that the islands are part of Japanese territory. (Kyodo)

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New Year's card delivery starts

TOKYO, Japan - Communications minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) and Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (L) attend an annual ceremony to start the delivery of nearly 2.1 billion New Year's cards nationwide at a post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan considering raising tobacco tax in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks to reporters about a government plan to raise the tobacco tax by around 3 yen per cigarette in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day. (Kyodo)

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day. (Kyodo)

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Saito formally becomes Japan Post head

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Holdings Co. President Jiro Saito (R) shakes hands with internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. Saito formally assumed the post the same day. (Kyodo)

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Haraguchi positive on granting foreigners local voting rights

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi speaks during an interview with a group of reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Confab held in Lima to promote Japanese digital TV standard

LIMA, Peru - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C) and telecom ministers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru, raise their hands in Lima on Sept. 21, 2009, after signing an accord to promote a digital terrestrial television standard used in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Confab held in Lima to promote Japanese digital TV standard

LIMA, Peru - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (C) makes his opening remarks at a telecommunications ministers' conference in Lima on Sept. 21, 2009, to promote a digital terrestrial television standard used in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama Cabinet starts business in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - New Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi is greeted by ministry employees as he arrives at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Internal affairs minister Haraguchi gives 1st news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiro Haraguchi, minister of internal affairs and communications, speaks during his first press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo following the Cabinet's formal inauguration on Sept. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)