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Upper house election in Japan

Naoki Hyakuta, head of the Conservative Party of Japan, speaks during a media interview in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

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Upper house election in Japan

Naoki Hyakuta, head of the Conservative Party of Japan, speaks during an internet program in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, the day of the House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Novelist Naoki Hyakuta, head of the ultranationalist Conservative Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Novelist Naoki Hyakuta, head of the ultranationalist Conservative Party of Japan, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Conservative Party of Japan head Hyakuta

Naoki Hyakuta, head of the Conservative Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2024.

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Conservative Party of Japan head Hyakuta

Naoki Hyakuta, head of the Conservative Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2024.

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Conservative Party of Japan head Hyakuta

Naoki Hyakuta, head of the Conservative Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2024.

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General Election in Japan

Naoki Hyakuta, who heads the Conservative Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, following a general election.

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General Election in Japan

Naoki Hyakuta, who heads the Conservative Party of Japan, meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, following a general election.

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General Election in Japan

Naoki Hyakuta, who heads the Conservative Party of Japan, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, after polls for a general election closed.

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Okinawa governor stresses importance of freedom of expression

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga attends the prefectural assembly in Naha on June 29, 2015. He stressed the importance of freedom of expression, after four Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers were punished over anti-media remarks. It was also reported that novelist and former NHK board member Naoki Hyakuta attended a meeting with the quartet and said two major Okinawa newspapers critical of the government over U.S. military bases and other issues should be destroyed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Writer Hyakuta under fire over remarks on newspapers

Photo shows the June 26, 2015, editions of The Okinawa Times and The Ryukyu Shimpo, two major newspapers in Okinawa Prefecture, reporting on remarks by Japanese writer Naoki Hyakuta that two Okinawa newspapers that are critical of the government should be "destroyed." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Writer Hyakuta under fire over remarks on newspapers

Photo shows Japanese writer Naoki Hyakuta. On June 25, 2015, he told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that two Okinawa newspapers that are critical of the government should be "destroyed." In a telephone interview with Kyodo News the following day, Hyuakuta said he made the remarks "as a joke" and they were meant to be off the record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo