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[Breaking News]Japan LDP leadership election

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - The five candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election -- former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi -- prepare to make policy speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Oct. 4 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

The five candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election -- (seated in front row of stage, from L) former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi and agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi -- prepare to make policy speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, the first day of official campaigning for the Oct. 4 election. ==Kyodo

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Japan LDP leadership election

The nine candidates running in the leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to be held on Sept. 27, 2024 -- (front row, from L) economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Digital Minister Taro Kono, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the party's secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi -- attend an event to deliver their policy speeches at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Official campaigning for the election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began the same day.

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Direct passenger flight connects China's Guangzhou with Budapest

STORY: Direct passenger flight connects China's Guangzhou with Budapest SHOOTING TIME: June 27, 2024 DATELINE: June 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Budapest Airport exterior 2. various of water salute 3. various of plane arriving at airport 4. various of the speeches and welcoming ceremony STORYLINE: The first scheduled passenger flight between Chinese city Guangzhou and the Hungarian capital Budapest, operated by China Southern Airlines, landed at Ferenc Liszt International Airport on Thursday. As a part of the Hungarian government's "Eastern Opening" policy and China's Belt and Road Initiative, the two countries continue to deepen their bilateral ties with Hungary now having more direct flights to China than any other country in Eastern Europe, according to Boglarka Illes, state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. "We are very pleased that our bilateral relations, our economic and trade relations are also steadily developi

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UK: Over 200,000 People Join London Demonstration Calling For Gaza Ceasefire 4

Over 200,000 participants, according to estimates by organizers, joined a Pro-Palestine demonstration in London on Saturday, March 30. The massive demonstration, held on the anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, heard speeches by prominent people including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla and others. Aside from the call for immediate ceasefire, groups who attended the gathering were decrying the government's continued arms trade with Israel. Some arrests were made citing harassment, public order, and terror-related offences.

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UK: Over 200,000 People Join London Demonstration Calling For Gaza Ceasefire

Over 200,000 participants, according to estimates by organizers, joined a Pro-Palestine demonstration in London on Saturday, March 30. The massive demonstration, held on the anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, heard speeches by prominent people including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla and others. Aside from the call for immediate ceasefire, groups who attended the gathering were decrying the government's continued arms trade with Israel. Some arrests were made citing harassment, public order, and terror-related offences.

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UK: Over 200,000 People Join London Demonstration Calling For Gaza Ceasefire 2

Over 200,000 participants, according to estimates by organizers, joined a Pro-Palestine demonstration in London on Saturday, March 30. The massive demonstration, held on the anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, heard speeches by prominent people including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla and others. Aside from the call for immediate ceasefire, groups who attended the gathering were decrying the government's continued arms trade with Israel. Some arrests were made citing harassment, public order, and terror-related offences.

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UK: Over 200,000 People Join London Demonstration Calling For Gaza Ceasefire 3

Over 200,000 participants, according to estimates by organizers, joined a Pro-Palestine demonstration in London on Saturday, March 30. The massive demonstration, held on the anniversary of Palestinian Land Day, heard speeches by prominent people including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla and others. Aside from the call for immediate ceasefire, groups who attended the gathering were decrying the government's continued arms trade with Israel. Some arrests were made citing harassment, public order, and terror-related offences.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Hayashi filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara and Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, attend an event to make speeches at the headquarters of the main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. The five men filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, LDP presidential election.

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor.

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LDP contenders campaign in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - The four contenders running in April 24's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori deliver campaign speeches in Osaka on April 14. From left to right are Taro Aso, minister of economic and fiscal policy, former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei and former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi

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4 contenders in LDP race deliver campaign speeches

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L), delivers his campaign speech at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo on April 13, with Taro Aso (2nd from L), minister of economic and fiscal policy, former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from R) and LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei sitting nearby. The four filed their candidacies on April 12 for the party's presidential race scheduled for April 24 to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Japan opposition leadership race

Combined photo shows the four candidates for the leadership election of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, (from L) Chinami Nishimura, Kenta Izumi, Junya Ogawa and Seiji Osaka as they deliver speeches at an extraordinary party meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2021. The party elected its policy chief Izumi as its new leader the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

A man in Tokyo watches a roadside TV screen that shows the four candidates in the upcoming presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party attending an event to deliver policy speeches on Sept. 17, 2021.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Combined photo shows the four candidates running in the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, (from R) vaccination minister Taro Kono, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, former communications minister Sanae Takaich and Seiko Noda, executive acting secretary general of the LDP, speaking at an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese vaccination minister Taro Kono speaks at an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former communications minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Seiko Noda, executive acting secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the LDP's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Seiko Noda, executive acting secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the LDP presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi attends an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida attends an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japan's COVID-19 vaccination minister Taro Kono attends an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021, with the other three candidates contesting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Japan LDP leadership election

The four candidates running in the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, (from L) COVID-19 vaccination minister Taro Kono, former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, former Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaich and Seiko Noda, executive acting secretary general of the LDP, attend an event to deliver policy speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. The election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is scheduled for Sept. 29.

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Tanami, Nishimura attend lower house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, and Kiyohiko Nishimura (L), a member of the central bank's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor, attend a House of Representatives panel to make their policy speeches on March 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Tanami, Nishimura make speeches at upper house panel session

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Tanami (R), the government's nominee for the post of Bank of Japan governor, makes a policy speech at a House of Councillors panel on March 18. At left in front is Kiyohiko Nishimura, a member of the BOJ's Policy Board who has been nominated as a BOJ deputy governor. (Kyodo)

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The 72nd ordinary session of the Diet pursues inflation

Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka delivers his policy statement at the ordinary Diet session. The opposition party pursues inflation. Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's policy speech, people shopping at department stores, opposition party members making speeches, rickety expressways, newspaper articles about the strike, people walking to work because of the national railroad strike, shooting date unknown, release date: December 7, 1973.

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Secretary General Ozawa does not control DPJ or gov't: Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, ask questions about key government policy speeches during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010, with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) listening behind him. In response to Tanigaki's questions, Hatoyama denied speculation that Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa controls the ruling party and the government. (Kyodo)

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Secretary General Ozawa does not control DPJ or gov't: Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, asks questions about key government policy speeches during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. In response to Tanigaki's questions, Hatoyama denied speculation that Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa controls the ruling party and the government. (Kyodo)

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LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida (L), policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during an event in which he and the two other LDP presidential candidates made speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor as party chief in a Sept. 14 election.

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LDP leadership race

Combined photo shows (from L) Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Fumio Kishida, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba -- the three LDP presidential candidates -- making speeches at an event in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The ruling party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor as party chief in a Sept. 14 election.

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LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida, policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during an event in which he and the two other LDP presidential candidates made speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor in a Sept. 14 election.

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LDP leadership race

(From L, front row) Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Fumio Kishida attend an event in which the three LDP presidential candidates were to make speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor in a Sept. 14 election.

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LDP leadership race

(From L) Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Fumio Kishida attend an event in which the three LDP presidential candidates were to make speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor in a Sept. 14 election.

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LDP leadership race

(From L) Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Fumio Kishida attend an event in which the three LDP presidential candidates were to make speeches in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2020. The party will choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor in a Sept. 14 election.

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Japan ruling party's leadership race

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba attend an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2018, at which they made policy speeches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP contenders campaign in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - The four contenders running in April 24's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori deliver campaign speeches in Osaka on April 14. From left to right are Taro Aso, minister of economic and fiscal policy, former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei and former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi

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4 contenders in LDP race deliver campaign speeches

TOKYO, Japan - Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L), delivers his campaign speech at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo on April 13, with Taro Aso (2nd from L), minister of economic and fiscal policy, former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (2nd from R) and LDP policy chief Shizuka Kamei sitting nearby. The four filed their candidacies on April 12 for the party's presidential race scheduled for April 24 to replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.