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China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

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Sato reelected as Fukushima governor

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) celebrates his reelection on Oct. 31, 2010, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Sato won with support from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and three opposition parties, beating his sole rival, a contender from the Japanese Communist Party.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event.

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(2)No-confidence motion against Koizumi defeated

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows in a House of Representatives plenary session June 15 after no-confidence motion against him was rejected 280-193. The ruling coalition voted down the motion submitted jointly by three opposition parties in an attempt to highlight what they claim is mismanagement ahead of a national election in early July.

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(1)No-confidence motion against Koizumi defeated

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (below) explains reasons why three opposition parties tabled a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He criticized the premier over issues such as the dispatch of troops to Iraq and the coalition's pension reform legislation.

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Filipino actor registers as presidential candidate

MANILA, Philippines - Popular Filipino movie actor Fernando Poe, Jr. waves at his supporters after formally registering his candidacy for president with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Jan. 2, presenting incumbent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with possibly her biggest obstacle to winning a new mandate in May's voting. Poe, whose real name is Ronald Allan Kelley, is running under the Coalition of United Filipinos, composed of three opposition parties.

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Philippine actor Poe to run on opposition coalition ticket

MANILA, Philippines - Film idol Fernando Poe speaks at a press conference in Manila on Dec. 22 about his intention to run in the 2004 presidential election as a candidate of a coalition made up of the country's three major opposition parties.

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(1)Opposition leaders against gov't plan to send SDF to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) poses with leaders of three main opposition parties -- Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan (2nd from L), Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii (R) Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima at his office on Dec. 9. The opposition leaders remained against the government's plan to send noncombat troops to help rebuild Iraq, despite Koizumi's request for their understanding.

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Upper house votes down censure motion against Takenaka

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (background), state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, watches House of Councillors members vote on a censure motion against him at the upper house plenary session on July 16. The three ruling coalition parties voted down the motion submitted by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Lower house passes war-contingency bills

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives stand up at a plenary session in the Diet on May 15 to approve a set of three bills designed to give the government more powers to respond to a military attack or threat of an attack on Japan. The ruling coalition -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party -- and two opposition parties -- the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party -- supported the bills.

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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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Lower house panel adopts medical reform bills

TOKYO, Japan -- Eisuke Mori (C), chairman of the House of Representatives Health, Labor and Welfare Committee, is harassed by opposition party members June 14 during voting on a set of bills on medical reforms. The panel adopted the bills with the support of the three ruling parties.

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Diet panel votes down Suzuki perjury complaint motion

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee stand up in the Diet on May 10 to vote for a motion to file a criminal complaint of perjury against lower house member Muneo Suzuki. The motion was defeated by the three ruling coalition parties.

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Pressure increases on scandal-tainted Suzuki to quit Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party's Taku Yamasaki (L), the New Komeito Party's Tetsuzo Fuyushia (C), and the New Conservative Party's Toshihiro Nikai -- discuss an opposition demand May 7 in the Diet that House of Representative member Muneo Suzuki again be summoned to the Diet as a sworn witness in connection with a scandal involving his former aide.

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Koizumi orders ruling bloc to discuss motion against Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Taku Yamasaki speaks with the media following his meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on May 6. Yamasaki said the premier had instructed him to see the three ruling parties discuss an opposition motion calling for the resignation of lawmaker Muneo Suzuki.

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Candidate backed by key parties wins race for Kyoto governor

KYOTO, Japan - Keiji Yamada raises a bunch of flowers at his election campaign office in the city of Kyoto on April 7 after winning the Kyoto gubernatorial election. Yamada, backed by six ruling and opposition parties, beat three other candidates.

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House panel rejects plenary vote on Suzuki resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the three ruling parties vote down at the House of Representatives steering committee on March 20 an opposition motion calling for a vote at a plenary session to urge the resignation of scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki from the Diet.

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Bill to expand SDF peacekeeping role clears Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors enacts a bill Dec. 7 to expand the scope of the Self-Defense Forces participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations. The bill was approved with support from the three ruling coalition parties and all but three members of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Ruling bloc mulls antiterrorism legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general (seated on right side) of the three-party ruling coalition are in talks with their counterparts from four opposition parties (left side) Sept. 27 to discuss legislation to allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support in U.S.-led military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

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Opposition begin joint stumping ahead of July 29 poll

OITA, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R), leader of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, joined by Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party (R) and Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party (L), speaks on the street in Oita on July 9. The leaders of the three opposition parties began joint stumping tours ahead of the July 29 House of Councillors election.

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Opposition demands LDP members speak on KSD under oath

TOKYO, Japan - Members of four opposition parties sit for a joint session Jan. 17 to look into bribery scandals allegedly involving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers. The opposition camp decided to demand three LDP members be summoned to give sworn testimony in parliament.

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Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

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Lower house adopts 'farewell to war' declaration

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives adopts a ''farewell to war'' declaration May 30 supported by the three ruling coalition parties, but the opposition objected to it as an election ploy. Members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party voted for the declaration in a plenary session of the lower house, with the opposition members remaining seated to show their objection.

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LDP, New Komeito ram seat-reduction bill through committee

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Sakurai (C with microphone), chairman of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law, is surrounded by opposition and ruling lawmakers on Dec. 14 after the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, two of the three ruling parties, railroaded a bill on cutting the number of lower house seats through the committee.

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Murayama meets head of N. Korea's supreme people's assembly

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) shakes hands with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, in Pyongyang on Dec. 3. Murayama is leading a delegation of Japanese lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties on a three-day visit to North Korea. The Workers Party of (North) Korea agreed Dec. 2 to the delegation's proposal that the governments of the two countries resume dialogue on normalizing ties by the end of this year.

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Japanese delegation arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (L) and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (2nd from R) receive flowers on arrival at Pyongyang airport Dec. 1 on a three-day visit aimed to pave the way for resuming talks on normalizing diplomatic ties between Japan and North Korea. Murayama is leading a 16-member parliamentary delegation representing Japan's seven ruling and opposition parties.

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Three parties kick off policy talks

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), its coalition partner Liberal Party (LP) and No. 2 opposition New Komeito party begin policy talks Sept. 8 aimed at forming a coalition government. The three parties plan to launch the coalition once a policy agreement is reached, possibly in late September.

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Opposition blue bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections

STORY: Opposition blue bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections (credit: SVT) 2. various of polling station in Stockholm 3. various of election campaign posters 4. various of election campaign 5. various of Swedish Parliament House STORYLINE: Preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections showed early Monday morning that the opposition blue bloc gained 49.7 percent of votes, narrowly heading in the race. The blue bloc comprises the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Sweden Democrats. The red bloc of the Social Democratic Party, the Left Party, the Green Party, and the Centre Party gained 48.8 percent of the votes. The top three biggest parties are the Social Democratic Party, the Sweden Democrats and the Moderate Party, with 30.5, 20.7 and 19 percent respectively. With 92

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House panel rejects plenary vote on Suzuki resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the three ruling parties vote down at the House of Representatives steering committee on March 20 an opposition motion calling for a vote at a plenary session to urge the resignation of scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki from the Diet.

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Candidate backed by key parties wins race for Kyoto governor

KYOTO, Japan - Keiji Yamada raises a bunch of flowers at his election campaign office in the city of Kyoto on April 7 after winning the Kyoto gubernatorial election. Yamada, backed by six ruling and opposition parties, beat three other candidates.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Journalist Torigoe announces candidacy for Tokyo governor race

Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe announces his candidacy for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 12, 2016. The main opposition Democratic Party and three other opposition parties will back him as a unified candidate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist Torigoe to run for Tokyo governor with opposition support

Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe smiles during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 12, 2016, as he announces his candidacy for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election. The main opposition Democratic Party and three other opposition parties will back him as a unified candidate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist Torigoe to run for Tokyo governor with opposition support

Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe (C), poses for photos with Yukio Edano (2nd from L), secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party, and senior officials of three other opposition parties, in Tokyo on July 12, 2016, after the parties said they will back Torigoe as a unified candidate for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist Torigoe to run for Tokyo governor with opposition support

Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe fields questions from a reporter during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 12, 2016, as he announces his candidacy for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election. The main opposition Democratic Party and three other opposition parties will back him as a unified candidate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigns start for 2 lower house by-elections

Maki Ikeda, endorsed by the Democratic Party and three other opposition parties, seeks voters' support at the start of official campaigning for the lower house Hokkaido No. 5 constituency by-election in the city of Ebetsu, near Sapporo, on April 12, 2016. Campaigning for the Kyoto No. 3 constituency by-election also started the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition camp struggling to block vote on security bills

Leaders of two ruling and three opposition parties in Japan, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), shake hands at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2015, as they agreed to ensure through Cabinet approval a greater role for the Diet in approving the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rally continues to seek Park's resignation

People stage a rally in Seoul, seeking the resignation of scandal-tainted President Park Geun Hye on Dec. 3, 2016, when South Korea's three opposition parties submitted a motion to parliament to impeach Park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Diet enacts bill to cut 20 lower house seats

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese parliament enacts a bill Feb. 2 to reduce by 20 the number of proportional representation seats in the 500-member House of Representatives, despite an opposition boycott of the Diet. The empty seats of parliamentarians from the opposition bloc who boycotted the session in the House of Councillors are shown in this photo. The House of Councillors approved the bill on the strength of affirmative votes from the ruling coalition's three parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Party and New Komeito party.

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No-confidence motion against Suga Cabinet

Yukio Edano, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, explains a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet submitted by the CDPJ and three other opposition parties on June 15, 2021, at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo.

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No-confidence motion against Suga Cabinet

Yukio Edano (bottom), head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, explains a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet submitted by the CDPJ and three other opposition parties on June 15, 2021, at a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo, with Suga (top R) listening.

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No-confidence motion against Suga Cabinet

Jun Azumi (front) of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other lawmakers are pictured at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 15, 2021, before submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet to the House of Representatives. The motion was submitted together with three other opposition parties who are critical of the government's COVID-19 response and plans to push ahead with the Tokyo Olympics.

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No-confidence motion against Suga Cabinet

Jun Azumi (4th from L) of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submits a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet to House of Representatives Speaker Tadamori Oshima (3rd from L) at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 15, 2021. The motion was submitted together with three other opposition parties who are critical of the government's COVID-19 response and plans to push ahead with the Tokyo Olympics.

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Sato reelected as Fukushima governor

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) celebrates his reelection on Oct. 31, 2010, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Sato won with support from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and three opposition parties, beating his sole rival, a contender from the Japanese Communist Party. (Kyodo)

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Marian Jurecka, Marketa Pekarova Adamova, Petr Fiala

(L-R) KDU-CSL chairman Marian Jurecka, TOP 09 chairwoman Marketa Pekarova Adamova and ODS chairman Petr Fiala attend the press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, October 27, 2020. The Civic Democrats (ODS), the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) and TOP 09 will run together in the general election next year, the three centre-right opposition parties declared in a memorandum on cooperation that their leaders signed. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis gives a briefing on Czech Senate second round elections in Sokolovna Pruhonice, Czech Republic, on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) clearly won the Senate elections, gaining 11 ouf of the 27 seats contested, ahead of two other opposition parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) with five seats and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) with three seats. The Social Democrats (junior government CSSD) did not defend a single of the ten seats it was defending. The CSSD will not even have its own group in the 81-seat upper house anymore because it will have only three senators, while at least five are needed to form a group. The ANO movement of PM Babis got weaker as well because it defended one of the two seats it was defending. TOP 09 will have four senators instead of two. The Pirates, who had only one senator, will have two. Both senators for the Senator 21 movement whose mandate expired defended their seats. The regional Hradec Democratic Club and the marginal Free Citizens Party will have one senator each. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)