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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2026, as official campaigning begins across Japan for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Debate by leaders of Japanese political parties

(from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi attend a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026, a day before official campaigning for the Feb. 8 general election starts.

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Debate by leaders of Japanese political parties

(from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi attend a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026, a day before official campaigning for the Feb. 8 general election starts.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attends a debate with leaders of other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Japanese political parties' leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, poses with leaders of other political parties before a debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2026. Participants of the debate session set prior to a general election on Feb. 8 are (from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura, Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki, Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda, (from 5th from L) Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita, Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya and Reiwa Shinsengumi co-leader Akiko Oishi.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines President Handover Press Conference

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines holds press conference for president transition. Photo shows incoming President Jotaro Tamura (right) and President Takeshi Hashimoto.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines President Handover Press Conference

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines holds press conference for president transition. Photo shows incoming President Jotaro Tamura (right) and President Takeshi Hashimoto.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines President Handover Press Conference

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines holds press conference for new president. Photo shows Jotaro Tamura, incoming president.=December 19,2025,Tokyo

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Upper house election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura speaks during a media interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

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Upper house election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura speaks during a media interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 20, 2025, as the results of the House of Councillors election come in.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election debate

Leaders of eight Japanese political parties -- (from L) Sohei Kamiya of the Sanseito party, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party, Tetsuo Saito of the Komeito party, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hirofumi Yoshimura of the Japan Innovation Party, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People and Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party -- pose for a photo at a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2, 2025, a day before official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election debate

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura speaks during a debate with other political party leaders at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2, 2025, a day before official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election debate

Combined photo shows leaders of eight Japanese political parties -- (from L) Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Tetsuo Saito of the Komeito party, Hirofumi Yoshimura of the Japan Innovation Party, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party and Sohei Kamiya of the Sanseito party -- speaking during a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2, 2025, a day before official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Japan upper house election debate

Leaders of eight Japanese political parties -- (from L) Sohei Kamiya of the Sanseito party, Tomoko Tamura of the Japanese Communist Party, Tetsuo Saito of the Komeito party, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hirofumi Yoshimura of the Japan Innovation Party, Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People and Taro Yamamoto of the Reiwa Shinsengumi party -- pose for a photo at a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 2, 2025, a day before official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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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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Tamura Corporation signboard and logo

Tamura Corporation signboard and logo=April 14,2025,Tokyo

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Tamura Corporation signboard and logo

Tamura Corporation signboard and logo=April 14,2025,Tokyo

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Tamura Corporation signboard and logo

Tamura Corporation signboard and logo=April 14,2025,Tokyo

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Tamura Corporation signboard and logo

Tamura Corporation signboard and logo=April 14,2025,Tokyo

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Taiyo Life Insurance President Change Press Conference

Taiyo Life Insurance president change press conference. Photo shows Yasuro Tamura, President-elect (right) and Naoki Soejima, President, shaking hands.=January 31,2025,Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Taiyo Life Insurance President Change Press Conference

Taiyo Life Insurance president change press conference. Photo shows President-elect Yasuro Tamura (right) and President Naoki Soejima at the press conference.=January 31,2025,Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Taiyo Life Insurance President Change Press Conference

Taiyo Life Insurance president change press conference. Photo shows Yasuro Tamura, President-elect, at the press conference.=January 31,2025,Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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Leaders of opposition parties hold talks

Yoshihiko Noda (R, back), head of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura (L, back) hold talks in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Leaders of opposition parties hold talks

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, heads to a meeting with Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2024.

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General election in Japan

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2024, after polls for a general election closed.

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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[Breaking News]Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 15 Kyodo - Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2024, as campaigning for the Oct. 27 general election began the same day. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Campaigning for Japan general election

Japanese Communist Party Chair Tomoko Tamura waves as she makes a stump speech in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

Japanese Communist Party leader Tomoko Tamura makes a stump speech in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2024, as campaigning for the Oct. 27 general election began the same day.

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Parliamentary debate

Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura speaks during a parliamentary debate with Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024.

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Parliamentary debate

Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura (R) speaks during a parliamentary debate with Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba (L, front) in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2024.

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Yasukuni shrine

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato (R) and former Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Norihisa Tamura visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, viewed by Japan's Asian neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism due to the enshrinement of wartime leaders convicted as war criminals alongside the some 2.4 million Japanese war dead honored at the shrine, on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura gives an interview at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura holds a press conference after she was endorsed as the first woman to head the party on the final day of a four-day party meeting in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 18, 2024.

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New Japanese Communist Party chief

New Japanese Communist Party chairperson Tomoko Tamura holds a press conference after she was endorsed as the first woman to head the party on the final day of a four-day party meeting in Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Whale in rare sighting in Osaka confirmed dead

An 8-meter-long whale spotted near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka earlier this week was confirmed dead Friday, local officials said, after it had remained in the same spot for days and was not observed spouting water. Workers of the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the western Japan city had approached the large mammal by boat to check if it was breathing, while Tsutomu Tamura of the Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research said that the blowhole that the whale would use to breathe had been submerged underwater since Wednesday. The Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau is expected to discuss how to dispose of the whale's carcass.

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Univ. to retain ex-reporter despite threat over "comfort women" issue

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinichi Tamura, president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, holds a press conference in Sapporo on Dec. 17, 2014. Tamura said the university will renew the contract of a part-time lecturer, a former reporter for The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, for the school year starting in April despite threats to the school over the lecturer's involvement in controversial reporting on the issue of "comfort women."

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Univ. mulls not rehiring ex-reporter amid threats over sex slave issue

SAPPORO, Japan - Shinichi Tamura, president of Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, tells a press conference in Sapporo on Oct. 31, 2014, he is considering not renewing the contract of a part-time lecturer for the school year starting April, following threats to the university due to the lecturer's involvement in controversial reporting on the issue of wartime sex slavery. The school said in a statement it has "not made a final decision" but stressed that it regards "protecting the safety of the students as a top priority."

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Nurse holds photo exhibits to show daily life in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - Nurse Yoshiko Tamura, seen in this undated file photo, holds photo exhibitions to show daily life in Syria, excluding photos about the country's protracted civil war. She took some of the photos herself.

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Japan gov't to tighten control on 'loophole drugs'

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) meets with Masako Mori (C), state minister for special missions, health minister Norihisa Tamura (R), and other Cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures against so-called loophole drugs at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 8, 2014.