Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

TOKYO, Japan - Takami Ito (L) wins the 135th Akutagawa Prize on July 13 for promising new writers of serious fiction, a year after his wife Mitsuyo Kakuta received the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of popular fiction last year. The Naoki Prize this year was given to Shion Miura (C) and Eto Mori (R).

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, enters a building in Tokyo to attend a meeting of the LDP's third largest faction, which he heads with former Management and Coordination Agency chief Takami Eto. In the meeting, Kamei said he intends to run in the party's April 24 presidential election.

Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93

Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Kenzaburo Hara, at 93 the oldest person in the Japanese political world, plans to retire at the end of his current term in the lower house, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sources said May 8. Hara, elected via proportional representation from western Japan's Kinki regional bloc centering on Osaka, conveyed his intention to quit politics to Takami Eto, joint head of an LDP faction to which Hara belongs, the sources said.

Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

Ito wins Akutagawa literary prize following wife's Naoki prize

TOKYO, Japan - Takami Ito (L) wins the 135th Akutagawa Prize on July 13 for promising new writers of serious fiction, a year after his wife Mitsuyo Kakuta received the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers of popular fiction last year. The Naoki Prize this year was given to Shion Miura (C) and Eto Mori (R). (Kyodo)

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, enters a building in Tokyo to attend a meeting of the LDP's third largest faction, which he heads with former Management and Coordination Agency chief Takami Eto. In the meeting, Kamei said he intends to run in the party's April 24 presidential election.

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

LDP policy chief Kamei to enter LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Kamei, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, enters a building in Tokyo to attend a meeting of the LDP's third largest faction, which he heads with former Management and Coordination Agency chief Takami Eto. In the meeting, Kamei said he intends to run in the party's April 24 presidential election.

Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93+

Former lower house Speaker Hara to quit politics at 93+

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Kenzaburo Hara, at 93 the oldest person in the Japanese political world, plans to retire at the end of his current term in the lower house, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sources said May 8. Hara, elected via proportional representation from western Japan's Kinki regional bloc centering on Osaka, conveyed his intention to quit politics to Takami Eto, joint head of an LDP faction to which Hara belongs, the sources said.