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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (R), head of the newly formed opposition "Yui no to," speaks in a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Earlier in the day, Eda, former secretary general of Your Party, and 14 other Japanese Diet members launched the party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen members of the Japanese Diet -- 14 who bolted from the opposition Your Party and one independent -- pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, after launching the new party "Yui no to." Kenji Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen members of the Japanese Diet -- 14 who bolted from the opposition Your Party and one independent -- gather at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, to launch the new party "Yui no to." Kenji Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda speaks at a meeting to launch the new political party "Yui no to" at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party consisting of 15 lawmakers -- 14 of whom, including Eda, bolted from Your Party, and one independent.

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kenji Eda, co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to end the one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Leaders of Japan's political parties debate on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties in Japan participate in a debate in Tokyo broadcast on a video-sharing website on Nov. 29, 2014, ahead of the start of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from L to R) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party.

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2 opposition parties merge into Japan's 3rd-largest party

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) and Kenji Eda, a House of Representatives lawmaker, shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2014, after becoming co-leaders of the Japan Innovation Party. Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Eda's Yuinotoh party merged to create the Japan Innovation Party, Japan's third-largest party and second in the opposition bloc.

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Key opposition members launch joint study group

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (standing), who quit the opposition Your Party, speaks at the inaugural meeting of a group called a "gathering for breaking established interest," in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2013. Goshi Hosono (L), a former secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Yorihisa Matsuno (R), a senior member of the opposition Japanese Restoration Party, also joined.

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Your Party splits up

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (front) and more than a dozen other lawmakers head to submit letters of resignation from Your Party to the party's secretary general, Keiichiro Asao, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system.

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems.

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Eda elected in Kanagawa Pref. lower house by-election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Independent Kenji Eda, 46, a former prime ministerial aide, rejoices in Yokohama on Oct. 27 as the vote-count shows he is sure to win a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture for a House of Representatives seat.

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Japan opposition party on ex-PM Abe's economic policy

Yukio Edano (L), head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, receives a report in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2021, from Kenji Eda, an executive deputy leader of the party, on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economy-boosting program, dubbed "Abenomics."

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems. (Kyodo)

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Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system. (Kyodo)

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Innovation Party launches new leadership

Senior lawmakers of the opposition Japan Innovation Party pose for photos in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, as its new leadership is launched. From left, policy chief Masato Imai, party chief Yorihisa Matsuno, former party head Kenji Eda, and secretary general Mito Kakizawa. Eda stepped down over a failed bid by a local party group to reorganize the Osaka city administration, with the plan rejected in a referendum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party elects Matsuno as new leader

Japan Innovation Party leader-elect Yorihisa Matsuno (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Kenji Eda in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The second-largest opposition party elected Matsuno, who has been its secretary general, following the failure in a referendum on May 17 of an administrative reform bid by the party's associated group in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Innovation Party to choose new leader

Yorihisa Matsuno, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks to reporters in the Diet on May 18, 2015. The second-largest opposition party started work to choose a successor to leader Kenji Eda, who will step down over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda addresses its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved his resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno (far R) is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda (L) and Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno attend its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved Eda's resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Matsuno is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Innovation Party to choose new leader

Yorihisa Matsuno, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks to reporters in the Diet on May 18, 2015. The second-largest opposition party started work to choose a successor to leader Kenji Eda, who will step down over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka metropolis plan rejected in referendum

Kenji Eda, Japan Innovation Party leader, meets with reporters on May 18, 2015, in Osaka, after a proposal by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, the top adviser to the party, to reorganize the city administration into a metropolitan government similar to Tokyo's was rejected in a referendum the previous day. Eda suggested he will step down as party chief. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka metropolis plan rejected in referendum

Kenji Eda, Japan Innovation Party leader, meets with reporters on May 18, 2015, in Osaka, after a proposal by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, the top adviser to the party, to reorganize the city administration into a metropolitan government similar to Tokyo's was rejected in a referendum the previous day. Eda suggested he will step down as party chief. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda (L) and Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno attend its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved Eda's resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Matsuno is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda addresses its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved his resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno (far R) is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 week before Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties campaign across Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, a week before the Dec. 14 lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan; Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party; Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party; Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations; Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party; Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party; Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party; and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party. (Kyodo)

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Leaders of Japan's political parties debate on Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties in Japan participate in a debate in Tokyo broadcast on a video-sharing website on Nov. 29, 2014, ahead of the start of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from L to R) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party. (Kyodo)

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2 opposition parties merge into Japan's 3rd-largest party

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) and Kenji Eda, a House of Representatives lawmaker, shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2014, after becoming co-leaders of the Japan Innovation Party. Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Eda's Yuinotoh party merged to create the Japan Innovation Party, Japan's third-largest party and second in the opposition bloc. (Kyodo)

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Eda elected in Kanagawa Pref. lower house by-election

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Independent Kenji Eda, 46, a former prime ministerial aide, rejoices in Yokohama on Oct. 27 as the vote-count shows he is sure to win a by-election in Kanagawa Prefecture for a House of Representatives seat.