Japan upper house election debate

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.

Japan upper house election debate

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.

Japan upper house election debate

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.

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

COPIAPO, Chile - Taro Kamiya, chief researcher at Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., known as JOGMEC, holds lean copper ore to be used for a copper extraction test at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 3, 2013. The Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at the mine.

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

COPIAPO, Chile - Taro Kamiya, chief researcher at Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., known as JOGMEC, holds extracted copper solution from a copper extraction test at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 3, 2013. The Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at the mine.

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

COPIAPO, Chile - Taro Kamiya, chief researcher at Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., known as JOGMEC, is pictured at an experiment facility at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 3, 2013. The Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at the mine.