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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama makes a speech under a picture of Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, at a memorial ceremony for her in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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Ex-PM Murayama attends farewell service of Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama attends a farewell service for Takako Doi, a former House of Representatives speaker and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, at the Parliamentary Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Doi died on Sept. 20 at 85.

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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at a memorial ceremony for Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, make a line to offer flowers to her picture in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 1993 shows Takako Doi (R) taking the chair after being elected speaker of Japan's House of Representatives. Doi, who also led the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party, from 1986 to 1991, died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2003 shows Takako Doi, former House of Representatives speaker and leader of the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party. Doi died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85. Doi was the first female speaker of the lower house from 1993 to 1996.

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Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency.

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Tang raps shrine visit but says Beijing still eyes dialogue

BEIJING, China - Takako Doi (L), honorary president of Japan's Social Democratic Party, and Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 20 before their meeting.

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Former SDP leader Doi loses Diet seat

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Former Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi looks tense in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 11 during vote-counting for the day's House of Representatives election. Doi failed to retain her House of Representatives seat for a 13th term in Sunday's election, according to Kyodo News projection.

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(2)Fukushima formally elected SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - New Socialist Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (R) presents a bouquet to outgoing leader Takako Doi at a regular party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 13.

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(4)Fukushima named new SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (R), newly elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), shakes hands with outgoing leader Takako Doi at a general assembly of SDP lawmakers at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 15.

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(2)Fukushima named new SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (R), secretary general of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is seated along with former party leader Takako Doi (2nd from L) at a general assembly of all SDP lawmakers held at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 15. Fukushima was later elected new party leader to replace Doi, who resigned to take responsibility for the party's setback in the Nov. 9 general election.

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(1)Fukushima named new SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima, secretary general of the minor opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the party headquarters in Tokyo's Nagata-cho to attend a general assembly of SDP lawmakers on Nov. 15. The meeting later appointed Fukushima as new party leader to replace Takako Doi, who resigned to take responsibility for the party's poor performance in Nov. 9 general election.

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SDP leader Doi to step down over party's poor performance

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi attends a party leadership meeting on Nov. 13 where she submitted a resignation offer to take responsibility for the SDP's poor performance in the House of Representatives election on Nov. 9, which was accepted.

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(2)SDP head Doi to step down over party's poor performance

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi looks resolved after announcing her resignation as leader of the Social Democratic Party at a news conference at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 13. Doi, 74, a staunch advocate of Japan's war-renouncing Constitution, said, ''I will continue to do my best as an SDP lawmaker.''

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SDP's Doi projected to lose bid in single-seat constituency

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, chief of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and a staunch advocate of the war-renouncing Constitution, looks grim about the House of Representatives election results Nov. 9 at the party headquarters in Tokyo. Kyodo News projects she will lose her reelection bid in her single-seat constituency.

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(6)Party leaders appeal to voters

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi appeals to voters for support in her election campaign speech in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 2.

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(5)Campaigning begins for Nov. 9 general election

OKINAWA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi kicks off her election campaign with a speech in the city of Okinawa on Oct. 28 following the official announcement of the Nov. 9 general election.

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(7)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi speaks during a debate among six political party leaders before the Nov. 9 general election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27.

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(1)Party leaders hold debate before election

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of Japan's six major political parties hold a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 27 ahead of the Nov. 9 general election. (From L to R) are New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai, New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii, and Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi.

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(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition leaders started stumping nationwide on Oct. 11. Delivering campaign speeches are (anticlockwise from top right) Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe, new Komeito Party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Socialist Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai.

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SDP would join ruling coalition with DPJ: Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi speaks at a news conference in the Diet on Oct. 10 after the lower house was dissolved for a Nov. 9 general election. Doi said her party would be willing to join a coalition with the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) if the DPJ is capable of forming a government after the election.

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(2)Ex-lawmaker Tsujimoto indicted over fraud case

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks to reporters in the SDP headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 8 after former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Masako Goto, Doi's former policy secretary, were indicted on charges of defrauding the state.

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SDP chief Doi thought of resigning but vows to stay on

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) chief Takako Doi briefs secretaries general of the party's prefectural chapters about the arrest of former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto at the SDP's headquarters in Tokyo on July 24.

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Doi to continue leading SDP

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, head of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), walks in the Diet building after attending a meeting of SDP members from both houses of the legislature. She reiterated her willingness to stay on as party leader despite the arrests of former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto and Doi's former policy secretary.

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Fuyushiba urges Doi to resign over Tsujimoto scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (in file photo), secretary general of the New Komeito Party, said July 20 that Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi should resign over a money scandal involving former SDP policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who was arrested on July 18.

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SDP's Doi gives late night press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi (L) speaks as Secretary General Mizuho Fukushima listens at a news conference in Tokyo late July 19. Doi complained about the police investigation into a money scandal involving her party and denied speculation that she will step down as party head.

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SDP leader Doi's ex-policy secretary arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Masako Goto (file photo), former policy secretary of Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi, was arrested on July 18 in connection with a fraud case in which former SDP lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto is accused of misusing the salaries of her state-paid policy secretaries.

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(1)Gatherings to discuss Constitution held around nation

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi reiterates her call to keep the current Constitution intact at a convention held in Tokyo on May 3, the 56th anniversary of the implementation of the war-renouncing constitution.

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SDP leader Doi meets with Chinese President Hu

BEIJING, China - Takako Doi, leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, (far L) confers with Chinese President Hu Jintao (far R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29.

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SDP's Doi meets with S. Korean President Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - Takako Doi (L), leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, shakes hands with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 10 prior to their talks.

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3 opposition leaders meet over lunch

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party, Naoto Kan of the Democratic Party of Japan and Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party (from left) hold talks over lunch in Tokyo on Dec. 28. The three opposition party leaders met to discuss their plans for cooperating in the ordinary Diet session to start in January and the next general election to be held possibly next year.

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(2)By-election campaigns get under way

CHIBA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama delivers a speech near the JR Chiba Station on Oct. 10 in support of a candidate backed by his party. Standing behind are Ichiro Ozawa (L), leader of the Liberal Party, and Takako Doi (R), leader of the Social Democratic Party. The three opposition parties are jointly backing the same candidate.

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SDP's Doi apologizes for party's response to abductions

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi apologizes for her party's response toward North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals at a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 7.

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(3)Koizumi hints at reviewing private-info protection bills

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party, hands papers to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on July 17.

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SDP leader Doi says emergency law should be abolished

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP), speaks at a news conference April 17. She said that three bills the government has written on governing Japan's response to a foreign military attack must be abolished.

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SDP reiterates support for Doi as leader

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi walks in the Diet building April 4, accompanied by her aide Masako Goto, on her way to a party meeting. SDP's Standing Executive Council reaffirmed support for Doi as party leader. An SDP investigative panel admitted the previous day the party's former policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto, who misused the salary of a government-paid secretary, was introduced to the secretary by Goto.

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SDP leader Doi's aide introduced policy secretary to Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi walks into the Diet building to attend a meeting of her party Diet members April 3. An SDP panel investigating allegations that former SDP House of Representatives lawmaker Kiyomi Tsujimoto misused her former secretary's state salary said Doi's aide introduced the former secretary to Tsujimoto.

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Doi offers apology over party scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi bows at a meeting of prefectural deputies March 28 in a gesture of apology over a scandal that forced party policy chief Kiyomi Tsujimoto to resign as a member of the House of Representatives.

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SDP urges Tsujimoto to quit over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo early March 26. Doi said the SDP will dismiss Kiyomi Tsujimoto as chairwoman of the party's policy board and call on her to quit the Diet over a money scandal involving her one-time aide.

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Doi comments on allegations against Tsujimoto

TOKYO, Japan -Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi is surrounded by journalists in the Diet on March 20 after her party's top policy-maker Kiyomi Tsujimoto denied a vernacular weekly report claiming she may have embezzled most of her secretary's salary paid by the government.

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Opposition demands Suzuki testify before vote on budget

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of four opposition parties are in talks in the Diet building Feb. 27. Seated from L to R are Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party. They said Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Muneo Suzuki should address questions about a series of scandals before legislators vote on the fiscal 2002 budget.

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4 opposition chiefs renew resolve to challenge Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - The leaders of four major opposition parties sit for a meeting at a Tokyo hotel Feb. 6 for the first time in about seven months. (From L to R) Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii. They said later they resolved to challenge the embattled administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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Doi briefed on beef-labeling scandal

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi (2nd from R) is briefed Jan. 28 by Yoichi Mizutani (R), president of storage contractor Nishinomiya Reizo in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, where Snow Brand Food Co. falsified data on imported Australian beef.

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Fukushima becomes SDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer-turned House of Councillors member Mizuho Fukushima (L) becomes secretary general of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) at a party convention in Tokyo on Oct. 28. At right is SDP leader Takako Doi.

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SDP leader Doi speaks at national meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi addresses her party's national convention at its Tokyo headquarters on Oct. 27.

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Unopposed Doi gets another term as SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after securing her third two-year term as Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader. There was no election as there were no challengers.

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Koizumi meets opposition leaders over terror attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) meets with opposition leaders (from L to R) Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan and Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party at his official residence on Sept. 20 to discuss how Japan will assist the United States following the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.

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Doi meets with Kim

SEOUL, South Korea - Takako Doi (R), leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, is greeted by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House presidential palace in Seoul on Sept. 7.

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Doi begins stumping for upper house poll

SAPPORO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi calls for voter support for her party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during her first campaign speech in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 12.

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Ruling, opposition leaders debate in race for upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling coalition and opposition party leaders conduct a public debate July 11 at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, one day before the start of official campaigning for the July 29 House of Councillors election. They are (from L to R) Chikage Ogi of the New Conservative Party, Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito, Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kazuo Shii of the Japan Communist Party, Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party, and Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party.