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[Breaking News]Japan Innovation Party lawmakers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 16 Kyodo - Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks at a meeting of his party's lawmakers from both houses of the parliament held in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2025, following the second largest opposition party's agreement with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party the day before to begin policy talks on forming a coalition government. (Kyodo)

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Major Japanese daily makes false report

Photo taken Aug. 28, 2025, shows the previous day's edition (R) of major Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun carrying a front-page story reporting that prosecutors were investigating a secretary of Taku Ikeshita, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Innovation Party, along with an "apology and correction" notice about the report in the Aug. 28 edition. In fact, the prosecutors searched the office of House of Councillors lawmaker Akira Ishii from the same party, not Ikeshita.

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Major Japanese daily makes false report

Photo taken Aug. 28, 2025, shows the previous day's edition (R) of major Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun carrying a front-page story reporting that prosecutors were investigating a secretary of Taku Ikeshita, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Innovation Party, along with an "apology and correction" notice about the report in the Aug. 28 edition. In fact, the prosecutors searched the office of House of Councillors lawmaker Akira Ishii from the same party, not Ikeshita.

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Major Japanese daily makes false report

Photo taken Aug. 28, 2025, shows the previous day's edition (R) of major Japanese daily the Yomiuri Shimbun carrying a front-page story reporting that prosecutors were investigating a secretary of Taku Ikeshita, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Innovation Party, along with an "apology and correction" notice about the report in the Aug. 28 edition. In fact, the prosecutors searched the office of House of Councillors lawmaker Akira Ishii from the same party, not Ikeshita.

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Farm minister Koizumi

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi answers a question from an opposition lawmaker during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on May 28, 2025.

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Farm minister Koizumi

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi raises his hand before answering a question from an opposition lawmaker during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on May 28, 2025.

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Japan opposition lawmaker in Beijing

Li Shulei, head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's Publicity Department, holds talks with Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Executive Adviser Katsuya Okada at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan opposition lawmaker in Beijing

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Executive Adviser Katsuya Okada (L) shakes hands with Li Shulei, head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's Publicity Department, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan opposition lawmaker in Beijing

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Executive Adviser Katsuya Okada holds talks with Li Shulei, head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's Publicity Department, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan opposition lawmaker in Beijing

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Executive Adviser Katsuya Okada (far L) holds talks with Li Shulei (far R), head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's Publicity Department, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

House of Representatives lawmaker Ryuna Kanemura of the Japan Innovation Party meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his intention to run in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Candidates at joint event in Japan's main opposition leadership race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, (from L) former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, first-term lower house lawmaker Harumi Yoshida, the party's leader, Kenta Izumi, and former leader, Yukio Edano, hold up each other's hands during a joint campaign event in Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 23 election.

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish MPs Brawl During Debate On Jailed Opposition Lawmaker - Ankara

Workers' Pary MP Ahmet Sik (left), former Aston Villa soccer player, Ak Party MP Alay Ozalan (right)... Turkish Parliament convened for an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of imprisoned and disqualified Workers’ Party of Türkiye (TIP) MP Can Atalay on 16 August 2024, Ankara, Turkiye. The session quickly escalated into a brawl after TIP MP Ahmet Sik made remarks targeting the ruling AK Party. The extraordinary session was called by opposition MPs. However, tensions rose immediately when Sik took the floor, leading to a heated exchange that resulted in a physical altercation. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]Renho releases pledges ahead of Tokyo gubernatorial election

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, releases her pledges at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.(Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Tokyo gubernatorial election

Combined photo shows Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (L) and Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. They released their respective pledges in Tokyo on June 18, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.

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Renho releases pledges ahead of Tokyo gubernatorial election

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, releases her pledges at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.

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Renho releases pledges ahead of Tokyo gubernatorial election

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, releases her pledges at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.

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Renho releases pledges ahead of Tokyo gubernatorial election

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, releases her pledges at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2024, ahead of the capital's gubernatorial election on July 7.

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Renho addresses FCCJ

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 14, 2024, following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the party following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

House of Councillors lawmaker Renho leaves a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Lawmaker Renho at press conference

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 12, 2024, after submitting her resignation from the party following the declaration of her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in July.

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Opposition lawmaker Renho to run for Tokyo governor

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, announcing her intention to run in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election in July.(Kyodo)

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Opposition lawmaker Renho to run for Tokyo governor

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, announcing her intention to run in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election in July.

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Opposition lawmaker Renho to run for Tokyo governor

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, announcing her intention to run in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election in July.

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Opposition lawmaker Renho to run for Tokyo governor

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, announcing her intention to run in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election in July.

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Opposition lawmaker Renho to run for Tokyo governor

Renho, a House of Councillors lawmaker from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 27, 2024, announcing her intention to run in the Japanese capital's gubernatorial election in July.

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Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"

STORY: Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't" DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of IDF activities in Gaza 2. various of IDF strikes in Gaza 3. various of striking of the targets by the IDF STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, an opposition leader and former defense minister, announced on Wednesday in a joint statement the formation of "an emergency unity government" and a war cabinet. The move brings Gantz's centrist party of National Unity to sit together with Netanyahu's ultranationalist-religious coalition government. Under the agreement, the war cabinet will consist of three members: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz, who was also a former chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Gadi Eizenkot, a lawmaker with the National Unity, also a former IDF chief, will act as an observer. Netanyahu agreed not to advance any bills unrelated to the o

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S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan

STORY: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): YONG HYE-IN, Lawmaker of the minor progressive Basic Income Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): PARK GWANG-HOON, Resident in Seoul 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): KIM CHOONY, Secretary general of the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Korean): LEE KI-SAM, Fisherman from South Jeolla province STORYLINE: A group of South Korean citizens gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice opposition against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. The protesters include civic activists, politicians, and fishermen. They demonstrated near the South Korean foreign ministry building, where the visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi was scheduled to meet with the South Korean foreign m

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DPJ lawmaker Kamata submits resignation letter to speaker

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Sayuri Kamata (R) submitted a letter of resignation Dec. 24 to House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono following the Supreme Court's dismissal of her campaigners' appeal of their convictions for breaking the election law.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps.