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Ex-DPJ head Ozawa launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his fist with other lawmakers at a meeting in Tokyo on July 12, 2012, when he formally launched a new political party. Ozawa will lead the new party, which he named "Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daiichi" (People's Lives First), to challenge the government over its sales tax hike policy.

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Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announce the formation of a new political party at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 17 in preparation for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. At center is former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki, who heads the party, called the Kokumin Shinto.

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Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki holds a card bearing the name of a new party he formed Aug. 17 with other senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The Kokumin Shinto party includes former LDP members Shizuka Kamei, his elder brother Hisaoki Kamei, and House of Councillors member Kensei Hasegawa. They left the LDP earlier in the day.

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FRC puts Kokumin Bank under its control

The Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) decided on April 11 to put Kokumin Bank, a Tokyo-based second-tier regional bank, under its control, FRC officials said. According to the officials, Kokumin Bank informed the commission earlier in the day that it could no longer sustain itself and was in danger of halting the withdrawal of deposits. The photo shows the bank's head office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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Gov't ready to protect Kokumin Bank

This photo, taken on April 8, shows the headquarters of Kokumin Bank, a Tokyo-based second-tier regional bank, which the government may take measures to support after the Financial Supervisory Agency judged the bank has a 50 million yen capital deficit.

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FRC puts Kokumin Bank under its control

The Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) decided on April 11 to put Kokumin Bank, a Tokyo-based second-tier regional bank, under its control, FRC officials said. According to the officials, Kokumin Bank informed the commission earlier in the day that it could no longer sustain itself and was in danger of halting the withdrawal of deposits. The photo shows the bank's head office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. ==Kyodo

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Pro-Constitution scholar Kobayashi's group losing in upper house race

Constitutional scholar Setsu Kobayashi is seen in Nagoya on July 10, 2016, after losing in his attempt to gain a seat in the House of Councillors in the election that day for his political group to help block amendments to the pacifist supreme law. Kobayashi, a 67-year-old professor emeritus at Keio University, leads the "Kokumin Ikari no Koe" (Angry Voice of the People) group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer, scandal-hit politician, scholar among election candidates

Setsu Kobayashi, a professor emeritus at Keio University, makes a speech in Tokyo on June 22, 2016, for the July 10 House of Councillors election. The 67-year-old has created his own political group "Kokumin Ikari No Koe" (Angry Voice of the People). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Candidates for Tokyo gubernatorial election

Screenshot image taken June 17, 2020, shows candidates for the July 5 Tokyo gubernatorial election during an online press conference. Seen clockwise from top center are Taisuke Ono, former vice governor of Kumamoto, Takashi Tachibana, who heads the single-issue party known as NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Taro Yamamoto, leader of the anti-establishment party Reiwa Shinsengumi, incumbent governor Yuriko Koike and Kenji Utsunomiya, former head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki holds a card bearing the name of a new party he formed Aug. 17 with other senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The Kokumin Shinto party includes former LDP members Shizuka Kamei, his elder brother Hisaoki Kamei, and House of Councillors member Kensei Hasegawa. They left the LDP earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announce the formation of a new political party at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 17 in preparation for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. At center is former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki, who heads the party, called the Kokumin Shinto. (Kyodo)

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Candidates for Tokyo gubernatorial election

Screenshot image taken June 17, 2020, shows Takashi Tachibana, who heads the single-issue party known as NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from Japan Broadcasting Corp.) joining an online press conference for candidates in the July 5 Tokyo gubernatorial election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-NHK party leader Tachibana

Takashi Tachibana, head of NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from NHK), holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2019. Tachibana won a seat in the July 21 upper house election on the sole platform of abolishing the current mandatory payment of subscription fees to the public broadcaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-NHK party leader Tachibana

Takashi Tachibana, head of NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from NHK), holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2019. Tachibana won a seat in the July 21 upper house election on the sole platform of abolishing the current mandatory payment of subscription fees to the public broadcaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-NHK party's new member

Independent lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama (R) shakes hands with Takashi Tachibana, head of NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from NHK) at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 29, 2019, as he plans to join the anti-NHK party. The party won a seat in the recent House of Councillors election with the sole pledge of abolishing the current mandatory payment of subscription fees to the public broadcaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-NHK party's new member

Independent lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama (L) and Takashi Tachibana, head of NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to protect the people from NHK) meet the media after their meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 29, 2019. Maruyama said he will join the party that won a seat in the recent House of Councillors election with the sole pledge of abolishing the current mandatory payment of subscription fees to the public broadcaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Takashi Tachibana, head of political group NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of July 22, 2019, after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election. The party's primary goal is to abolish the public broadcaster's collection of subscription fees and switch to a pay-per-view system for its programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Takashi Tachibana, head of political group NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK), celebrates in Tokyo in the early hours of July 22, 2019, after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election. The party's primary goal is to abolish the public broadcaster's collection of subscription fees and switch to a pay-per-view system for its programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Takashi Tachibana (C), head of political group NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK), celebrates in Tokyo in the early hours of July 22, 2019, after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election. The party's primary goal is to abolish the public broadcaster's collection of subscription fees and switch to a pay-per-view system for its programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Takashi Tachibana, head of political group NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK), celebrates in Tokyo in the early hours of July 22, 2019, after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election. The party's primary goal is to abolish the public broadcaster's collection of subscription fees and switch to a pay-per-view system for its programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

Takashi Tachibana, head of political group NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (The Party to Protect the People from NHK), celebrates in Tokyo in the early hours of July 22, 2019, after winning a seat in the House of Councillors election. The party's primary goal is to abolish the public broadcaster's collection of subscription fees and switch to a pay-per-view system for its programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Kokumin Bank chief gets 30-month prison term

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Okonogi (L), former president of the now-defunct Kokumin Bank, and Hideyuki Suzuki (R), former vice president of the bank, enters the Tokyo District Court building on Aug. 30 to hear a ruling on them over the bank's illegal loans. Okonogi was sentenced to two and a half years in prison while Suzuki was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for four years. (Kyodo)

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4 execs of failed Kokumin Bank held over loan scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Hideyuki Suzuki (C), former vice president of the failed Kokumin Bank, is arrested in Tokyo on Nov. 30 on suspicion of dubious lending to a Tokyo karaoke-parlor management company. Suzuki, 66, was nabbed along with Yukio Okonogi, 66, president of the second-tier regional bank when the loans were made and two other former bank executives.

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Gov't ready to protect Kokumin Bank

This photo, taken on April 8, shows the headquarters of Kokumin Bank, a Tokyo-based second-tier regional bank, which the government may take measures to support after the Financial Supervisory Agency judged the bank has a 50 million yen capital deficit.

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World War II evacuation

TOKYO, Japan - Schoolchildren at the Ryuko Kokumin Gakko (school) in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward where the first group of children is being evacuated for safety during World War II. The photo was taken on Aug. 4, 1944. (Kyodo)