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Japan party leaders on tariff negotiations

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R), head of the Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks on tariff negotiations with the United States at the parliament in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, with Tetsuo Saito (far R), leader of the ruling coalition partner Komeito, and opposition leaders -- (from 3rd from R) Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Seiji Maehara of the Japan Innovation Party, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party and Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliamentary debate

Combined photo shows (from R) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaking during one-on-one parliamentary debates with opposition party leaders -- Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan head Yoshihiko Noda, Japan Innovation Party co-head Seiji Maehara and Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki -- in Tokyo on April 23, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliamentary debate

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, R) answers questions from Seiji Maehara (C, L), co-head of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, during a one-on-one parliamentary debate in Tokyo on April 23, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba in parliamentary debate

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, R) listens to questions from Seiji Maehara (C, L), co-head of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, during a one-on-one parliamentary debate in Tokyo on April 23, 2025.

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Japan's ex-Foreign Minister Maehara to form new party

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said Thursday that he has decided to leave the opposition Democratic Party for the People, which has recently moved closer to the ruling bloc, to form a new force in parliament.(Kyodo)

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Japan's opposition party incumbent head Tamaki re-elected

Seiji Maehara, acting chief of Japan's opposition Democratic Party for the People, meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2023, after losing to incumbent head Yuichiro Tamaki in the party's leadership election.

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Ozawa appoints Okada, Maehara as vice DPJ presidents

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Katsuya Okada, who was appointed as vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Aug. 31. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa also appointed former party chief Seiji Maehara as vice president. Maehara was a former DPJ president.

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Ozawa appoints Okada, Maehara as vice DPJ presidents

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Seiji Maehara, who was appointed as vice president of the Democratic Party of Japan on Aug. 31. Maehara was a former DPJ president. DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa also appointed former party chief Katsuya Okada as vice president.

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Campaigning begins in opposition Democratic Party leadership race

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 21 Kyodo - Combination photo shows Japanese lawmakers Seiji Maehara (L), a former foreign minister, and Yukio Edano, a former chief Cabinet secretary. The two officially threw their hats into the ring on Aug. 21, 2017, for the main opposition Democratic Party's Sept. 1 leadership race.

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Japan keeps economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far R), Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far L, front) attend a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2012. The government maintained its basic assessment of the Japanese economy, saying it is weakening amid the global economic downturn, but also noted signs of bottoming out in some key indicators such as production and consumption.

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Japan economy stagnates in 3rd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara gives a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012 on the country's gross domestic product data for the third quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. GDP contracted an annualized real 3.5 percent from the previous quarter.

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Japan to streamline Cabinet support agencies

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada attend a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012. The Japanese government decided to streamline two Cabinet support agencies and allow them to respond more flexibly and strategically to major issues, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said.

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Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara (C) meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Maehara, Draghi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara (L) shakes hands with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Maehara meets Bernanke

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) and Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara shake hands prior to holding talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012 to exchange views on monetary policies in their respective countries and on the global economy. (Pool photo)

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Maehara meets Bernanke

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) and Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara hold talks in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012 to exchange views on monetary policies in their respective countries and on the global economy. (Pool photo)

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C, front row) and his newly appointed ministers gather for group photos after attending the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and newly appointed education minister Makiko Tanaka gather along with other ministers for group photos after attending the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R, bottom), newly appointed education minister Makiko Tanaka (C) and other ministers gather for group photos after attending the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R bottom), newly appointed education minister Makiko Tanaka (L, center row) and other ministers gather for group photos after attending the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C, front row) and his newly appointed ministers gather for group photos after attending the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Newly appointed ministers of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet leave the prime minister's office in Tokyo for the Imperial Palace to attend the attestation ceremony on Oct. 1, 2012. Noda reshuffled his Cabinet the same day, appointing outspoken former foreign ministers Seiji Maehara and Makiko Tanaka as national policy minister and education minister, respectively, aiming to bolster public support for his year-old government ahead of the next general election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, Japan's new national policy minister, enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as Noda reshuffled his Cabinet.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan look upset after the ruling party's talks on a consumption tax hike, proposed by the party leadership, were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. on March 28, 2012, after lasting on and off for six hours, at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kawauchi (front), a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan who opposes a consumption tax hike proposed by the party leadership, looks angry at a press conference at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo in the early hours of March 28, 2012, after the ruling party's talks on the matter were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. that day, after lasting on and off for six hours. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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DPJ task force compiles proposal on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks with reporters on Nov. 9, 2011, in Tokyo after the party's project team compiled a proposal on Japan's stance on talks for a Pacific free trade agreement. Maehara said that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has the discretion to decide whether Japan should join talks for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.

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Meeting of DPJ task force on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro (C), head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's project team on whether to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework, speaks at a meeting of the team in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2011, while Seiji Maehara (L, facing), the DPJ's policy chief, and others applaud.

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Maehara, S. Korean Foreign Minister Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - Seiji Maehara (L), policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan in a Seoul hotel on Oct. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Taiwan opposition leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The chief policy maker of the governing Democratic Party of Japan, Seiji Maehara (L), and Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. During their meeting, Maehara expressed gratitude for the Taiwanese people's help to Japan following the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster and the subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant

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New leadership of Japan's ruling party

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda, Azuma Koshiishi, secretary general of the DPJ, Seiji Maehara, DPJ policy chief, and Hirofumi Hirano, the party's Diet affairs chief, raise their fists at a DPJ lawmaker meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011. The ruling DPJ launched its new leadership the same day under its president Noda.

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Maehara to become DPJ policy chief

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara meets with reporters at the Democratic Party of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011, shortly after holding talks with Yoshihiko Noda, the ruling party's new leader. Noda, who was named prime minister in the Diet the same day, decided to appoint Maehara as the party's policy chief.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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Maehara loses leader race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) reacts after he failed to survive the first vote of a leadership election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda won a runoff later that day with industry minister Banri Kaieda to succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) moves toward the podium to deliver his candidate's speech during a Democratic Party of Japan meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, where members will vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ presidential candidate Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara makes a phone call to a fellow Democratic Party of Japan member of parliament at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 28, 2011, seeking support for his bid to become the president of the ruling party. Maehara is one of the five candidates in the ruling party presidential election the following day, whose winner will take over as Japan's prime minister.

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DPJ presidential candidates

TOKYO, Japan - The five candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, whose winner will take over as Japan's prime minister, shake hands in a party-sponsored policy debate at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 28, 2011, on the eve of the election. They are (from L to R) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara; former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi; Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda; Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda; and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- attend a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election slated for Aug. 29. Maehara said taxes must not be raised until Japan moves out of deflation, and he would like to serve as prime minister for at least four years.

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5 candidates vie for Japan's new leadership post

TOKYO, Japan - Five Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers -- (From L) former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi, industry minister Banri Kaieda, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and farm minister Michihiko Kano -- pose for photos before a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2011, after filing their candidacies for the ruling party's presidential election slated for Aug. 29.

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5 candidates to succeed PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows the five declared candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan. They are (from L to R) former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara.

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Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) shakes hands with a supporter in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011, after announcing his candidacy for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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Maehara seeks Ozawa's support in DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, and Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Maehara asked Ozawa on Aug. 24, 2011, for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Maehara's candidacy for DPJ leader

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara. Lawmakers close to him said on Aug. 22, 2011 that Maehara decided the same day to run in the Democratic Party of Japan's upcoming presidential election in a bid to become the country's next prime minister.

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Maehara ahead of DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) arrives at Tokyo Station on a shinkansen bullet train from Kyoto on Aug. 22, 2011. Attention is focused on whether he will run in the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election to pick a successor to Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara on Etorofu

NEMURO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) inspects a seafood processing factory on Etorofu Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, on Aug. 7, 2011. He was visiting the island under a bilateral visa-free exchange program. The slogan on the factory (in the background) reads ''The Kurils belong to Russia.'' The four disputed islands are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan.