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'Assassin' Koike set to win battle with ex-LDP 'rebel' Kobayashi

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike signals victory to supporters at her election campaign office in Tokyo on Sept 11 as she was certain to take the Tokyo No. 10 district seat in the day's general election from former Liberal Democratic Party member Koki Kobayashi.

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New party launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroyuki Arai, a member of the House of Councillors, Takashi Aoyama, former House of Representatives member, Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, and former lower house members Koki Kobayashi and Makoto Taki join hands Aug. 21 to launch a new political party, named Nippon. The four lawmakers broke ranks with the Liberal Democratic Party and voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatization bills.

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Another new party to be launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 21 on a new party to be launched by Koki Kobayashi, one of rebels within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Hiroyuki Arai, who has left the party. Tanaka may head the new party.

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MOF's Kobayashi fails to declare donors' names

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koki Kobayashi (file photo) failed to state the names of some donors in official reports on political donations as required under law, his office said May 7. The office cited clerical errors as the reason for the situation.

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Another new party to be launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka responds to questions from reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 21 on a new party to be launched by Koki Kobayashi, one of rebels within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Hiroyuki Arai, who has left the party. Tanaka may head the new party. (Kyodo)

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New party launched by LDP rebels

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroyuki Arai, a member of the House of Councillors, Takashi Aoyama, former House of Representatives member, Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka, and former lower house members Koki Kobayashi and Makoto Taki join hands Aug. 21 to launch a new political party, named Nippon. The four lawmakers broke ranks with the Liberal Democratic Party and voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatization bills. (Kyodo)

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'Assassin' Koike set to win battle with ex-LDP 'rebel' Kobayashi

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Yuriko Koike signals victory to supporters at her election campaign office in Tokyo on Sept 11 as she was certain to take the Tokyo No. 10 district seat in the day's general election from former Liberal Democratic Party member Koki Kobayashi. (Kyodo)

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MOF's Kobayashi fails to declare donors' names

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Finance Minister Koki Kobayashi (file photo) failed to state the names of some donors in official reports on political donations as required under law, his office said May 7. The office cited clerical errors as the reason for the situation. (Kyodo)