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Ex-Ozawa aide Ishikawa

OBIHIRO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a House of Representatives member belonging to the New Party Daichi, holds a press conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on May 16, 2013. Ishikawa, a former aide to veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa, said he will quit as a Diet member but will not drop his appeal against a court ruling that found him guilty of falsifying political fund reports of Ozawa's fund management body.

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Japan general election eve

ABASHIRI, Japan - Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, makes a stump speech in Abashiri, Hokkaido, on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows (top column, from R to L) Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, (center column, from R to L) former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, head of the Japan Restoration Party, Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party, (bottom column, from R to L) Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, Shozaburo Jimi, head of the People's New Party, Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, and Yoichi Masuzoe, head of the New Renaissance Party, while making stump speeches at various locations across the country on Dec. 4, 2012, as official campaigning kicked off the same day for the Dec. 16 general election.

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Japan general election

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, head of the New Party Daichi, answers reporters' questions in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

KITAMI, Japan - Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, makes a stump speech in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Party leader Muneo Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

KITAMI, Japan - Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, makes a stump speech in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning began for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. Party leader Muneo Suzuki cannot engage in election campaigns because his civil rights have been suspended following his conviction for bribery.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes.

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party member, returns to the House of Representatives on Sept. 21, despite facing a bribery trial, as a member of the New Party Daichi to attend a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki to make comeback to lower house

SAPPORO, Japan - Scandal-tainted former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki celebrates Sept. 11 in Sapporo as he is certain to regain his parliamentary seat in the day's House of Representatives election. Suzuki ran in the election in the proportional representation block in Hokkaido from his newly launched New Party Daichi, based in Sapporo.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

NAMBORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, leader of New Party Daichi, addresses voters in the Hokkaido town of Namboro on Sept. 4.

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Party leaders on the stumping

OBIRA, Japan - New Party Daichi leader Muneo Suzuki waves at voters during his stumping tour in the Hokkaido town of Obira on Sept. 3.

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, smiles during a ceremony launching a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (R), a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets supporters during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election.

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New parliamentarians step into lower house after election

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party member, returns to the House of Representatives on Sept. 21, despite facing a bribery trial, as a member of the New Party Daichi to attend a special Diet session after the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Party leaders make campaign speech

NAMBORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, leader of New Party Daichi, addresses voters in the Hokkaido town of Namboro on Sept. 4.(Kyodo)

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Party leaders on the stumping

OBIRA, Japan - New Party Daichi leader Muneo Suzuki waves at voters during his stumping tour in the Hokkaido town of Obira on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki to make comeback to lower house

SAPPORO, Japan - Scandal-tainted former lawmaker Muneo Suzuki celebrates Sept. 11 in Sapporo as he is certain to regain his parliamentary seat in the day's House of Representatives election. Suzuki ran in the election in the proportional representation block in Hokkaido from his newly launched New Party Daichi, based in Sapporo. (Kyodo)

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (C), a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, smiles during a ceremony launching a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki launches new party in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (R), a former lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, greets supporters during a ceremony to launch a new political party, Shinto Daichi (new party big earth), Aug. 18 in an effort to take a House of Representatives seat in the Sept. 11 general election. (Kyodo)

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party. (Kyodo)

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes. (Kyodo)

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Japan upper house election

Muneo Suzuki, head of the New Party Daichi, a political group operating mainly in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, celebrates in its capital Sapporo on July 21, 2019, after the candidate for the Japan Innovation Party wins a seat through proportional representation in the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo