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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-KANAS-HEMU VILLAGE-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230427) -- HEMU, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows Hemu Village at sunrise in Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Hemu Village is located at Kanas scenic spot along the starting point of G219 national highway. Suka, the party secretary of the village, is leading the locals on the journey to rural revitalization. Joining in the horse team is an important source of income for villagers. Each member can take two horses to the team to provide services for tourists. At present, 68 of the team members have shrugged off poverty, and their annual income is increasing year by year. This year, Suka plans to adopt universal costumes and saddles for the horse team. In addition, team members will be sent for training in order to improve the quality of service. After the road from Burqin to Hemu was built, the tourism resources here soon turned into economic benefits for villagers. Hemu Village was lifted out of poverty in 2016, and the per capita net income of the

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-KANAS-HEMU VILLAGE-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230427) -- HEMU, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows Hemu Village at sunrise in Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Hemu Village is located at Kanas scenic spot along the starting point of G219 national highway. Suka, the party secretary of the village, is leading the locals on the journey to rural revitalization. Joining in the horse team is an important source of income for villagers. Each member can take two horses to the team to provide services for tourists. At present, 68 of the team members have shrugged off poverty, and their annual income is increasing year by year. This year, Suka plans to adopt universal costumes and saddles for the horse team. In addition, team members will be sent for training in order to improve the quality of service. After the road from Burqin to Hemu was built, the tourism resources here soon turned into economic benefits for villagers. Hemu Village was lifted out of poverty in 2016, and the per capita net income of the

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-KANAS-HEMU VILLAGE-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230427) -- HEMU, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows Hemu Village at sunrise in Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Hemu Village is located at Kanas scenic spot along the starting point of G219 national highway. Suka, the party secretary of the village, is leading the locals on the journey to rural revitalization. Joining in the horse team is an important source of income for villagers. Each member can take two horses to the team to provide services for tourists. At present, 68 of the team members have shrugged off poverty, and their annual income is increasing year by year. This year, Suka plans to adopt universal costumes and saddles for the horse team. In addition, team members will be sent for training in order to improve the quality of service. After the road from Burqin to Hemu was built, the tourism resources here soon turned into economic benefits for villagers. Hemu Village was lifted out of poverty in 2016, and the per capita net income of the

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(FOCUS)CHINA-XINJIANG-KANAS-HEMU VILLAGE-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230427) -- HEMU, April 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows Hemu Village at sunrise in Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Hemu Village is located at Kanas scenic spot along the starting point of G219 national highway. Suka, the party secretary of the village, is leading the locals on the journey to rural revitalization. Joining in the horse team is an important source of income for villagers. Each member can take two horses to the team to provide services for tourists. At present, 68 of the team members have shrugged off poverty, and their annual income is increasing year by year. This year, Suka plans to adopt universal costumes and saddles for the horse team. In addition, team members will be sent for training in order to improve the quality of service. After the road from Burqin to Hemu was built, the tourism resources here soon turned into economic benefits for villagers. Hemu Village was lifted out of poverty in 2016, and the per capita net income of the

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2 Japan parties to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (R) and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara hold a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 17, 2012. They said Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Ishihara's Sunrise Party will be merged ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election to counter major ruling and opposition parties.

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2 Japan parties to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (R) and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara hold a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 17, 2012. They said Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Ishihara's Sunrise Party will be merged ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election to counter major ruling and opposition parties.

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2 Japan parties to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara shake hands in Osaka on Nov. 17, 2012. They said Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Ishihara's Sunrise Party will be merged ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election to counter major ruling and opposition parties.

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Ishihara, Hashimoto hold talks before election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, leader of the Sunrise Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2012, after holding talks with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, head of the Japan Restoration Party, to advance negotiations toward joining forces ahead of the general election on Dec. 16.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara to become head of new conservative party

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. Ishihara was set to form a new party in early November that will incorporate the members of the small conservative party at its core.

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Ishihara to become head of new conservative party

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Hiranuma (L), leader of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and outgoing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, raise their fists during a meeting of the party in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. Ishihara was set to form a new party in early November that will incorporate the members of the small conservative party at its core.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. To the left is Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma. The two men plus People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei are said to be planning to launch a new party.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. To the left is Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma. The two men plus People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei are said to be planning to launch a new party.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara is pictured at a press conference at the Tokyo government office on Jan. 27, 2012. Political sources said the same day that People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei, Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma and Ishihara have agreed to launch a new political party in March.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara is pictured at a press conference at the Tokyo government office on Jan. 27, 2012. Political sources said the same day that People's New Party leader Shizuka Kamei, Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma and Ishihara have agreed to launch a new political party in March.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yosano, Japan's new minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy and social security reform, speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Yosano, who left the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan which he co-headed before joining Kan's Cabinet, expressed his willingness to tackle the country's fiscal woes.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Kaoru Yosano (C) answers reporters' questions in Tokyo after notifying the tiny opposition Sunrise Party of Japan on Jan. 13, 2011, of his intention to leave. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to appoint Yosano to a government post in an anticipated Cabinet reshuffle.

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Sunrise Party snubs Kan's offer to join ruling coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma (R) and Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda take part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010. The lawmakers said the party decided to decline an offer by Prime Minister Naoto Kan to be part of the ruling coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan.

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Ozawa, Yosano play go

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Kaoru Yosano, co-leader of the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan, shake hands before playing go in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2010. Ozawa won the game, which was shown live on the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website.

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Ozawa, Yosano play go

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (L) and Kaoru Yosano, co-leader of the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan, play go in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2010. Ozawa won the game, which was shown live on the Nico Nico Douga video-sharing website.

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata, a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, asks for support in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata (R), a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, shakes hands with supporters at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day.

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Campaigning gets under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma delivers a stump speech in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2010, as official campaigning began for the July 11 House of Councillors election. Hiranuma proposed revising the Constitution from a conservative standpoint in Tokyo.

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Party leaders hold public debate before upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan's leader, New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- line up at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, before their public debate ahead of the June 24 start of official campaign for the House of Councillors election.

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Ex-abduction minister Nakayama, husband join Sunrise Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (R), former minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, said in Tokyo on June 21, 2010, that she and her husband, former transport minister Nariaki Nakayama (L), have joined the Sunrise Party of Japan. The party was formed in April this year by defectors from the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Ex-abduction minister Nakayama, husband join Sunrise Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Nakayama (R), former minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, said in Tokyo on June 21, 2010, that she and her husband, former transport minister Nariaki Nakayama (L), have joined the Sunrise Party of Japan. The party was formed in April this year by defectors from the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Baseball star Nakahata to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata officially announces at a hotel in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, that he will run in the upper house election this summer in the proportional representation section on the ticket of the Sunrise Party of Japan led by former ministers Kaoru Yosano and Takeo Hiranuma.

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Taiwan opens cultural center in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Hiranuma (L), chairman of a Japan-Taiwan lawmakers' conference and leader of the new Sunrise Party of Japan, and singer and actress Judy Ongg (R) who hails from Taiwan, attend an opening ceremony for the Taipei Cultural Center at Taiwan's representative office in Tokyo on April 21, 2010 to promote cultural exchanges between the island and Japan.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) and former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma pose for photographers during a news conference to launch a new party at a Tokyo hotel on April 10, 2010. Yosano, Hiranuma and three other veteran lawmakers launched the Sunrise Party of Japan amid questions about its ability to be a potent alternative to existing parties.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma speaks during a news conference to launch a new party at a Tokyo hotel on April 10, 2010. Hiranuma, who became the head of the Sunrise Party of Japan, launched the party with Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano and three other veteran lawmakers amid questions about its ability to be a potent alternative to existing parties.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) and former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma pose for photographers during a news conference to launch a new party at a Tokyo hotel on April 10, 2010. Yosano, Hiranuma and three other veteran lawmakers launched the Sunrise Party of Japan amid questions about its ability to be a potent alternative to existing parties. (Kyodo)

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara. (Kyodo)

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Sunrise Party's Hiranuma

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Hiranuma, the leader of the minor opposition Sunrise Party of Japan, heads to a meeting of lawmakers of the party at its head office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, to discuss Prime Minister Naoto Kan's offer to join the ruling coalition. (Kyodo)

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Kaoru Yosano (C) answers reporters' questions in Tokyo after notifying the tiny opposition Sunrise Party of Japan on Jan. 13, 2011, of his intention to leave. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to appoint Yosano to a government post in an anticipated Cabinet reshuffle. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata (R), a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, shakes hands with supporters at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day. (Kyodo)

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Nakahata in election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata, a candidate from the Sunrise Party of Japan, asks for support in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on June 24, 2010. Official campaigning for the July 11 House of Councillors election kicked off the same day. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning gets under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Sunrise Party of Japan leader Takeo Hiranuma delivers a stump speech in front of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2010, as official campaigning began for the July 11 House of Councillors election. Hiranuma proposed revising the Constitution from a conservative standpoint in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Political leaders hold pre-election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan (who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan leader), New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- take part in a nationally televised debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, ahead of the June 24 start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Party leaders hold public debate before upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of political parties -- (from L to R) New Renaissance Party's Yoichi Masuzoe, People's New Party's Shizuka Kamei, Japanese Communist Party's Kazuo Shii, Liberal Democratic Party's Sadakazu Tanigaki, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who also serves as Democratic Party of Japan's leader, New Komeito party's Natsuo Yamaguchi, Social Democratic Party's Mizuho Fukushima, Your Party's Yoshimi Watanabe and Sunrise Party of Japan's Takeo Hiranuma -- line up at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on June 22, 2010, before their public debate ahead of the June 24 start of official campaign for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)