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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Undated file photo shows Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito in late September 2024 after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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EKRE expelling members

11.06.2024, Tallinn. The Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) has expelled several of its leading members following a meeting on Tuesday, amid claims of a dictatorial style from party chair Martin Helme. EKRE is also holding a party congress in Jõhvi on Sunday, so the expulsions likely mean Martin Helme will run for re-election as leader unopposed. Photo Madis Veltman, Postimees

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Former PM Gilani elected as chairman of Pakistan's Senate

STORY: Former PM Gilani elected as chairman of Pakistan's Senate SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHORTLIST: 1. various of the election STORYLINE: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday was elected as the chairman of the Senate, or the upper house, of the country's parliament, Presiding Officer of the election Senator Ishaq Dar announced. Dar, also foreign minister of the country, announced that Gilani was elected unopposed after no one filed nominated papers to contest the election. Gilani who belongs to the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians served the country as prime minister from 2008 to 2012. Syedal Khan Nasir of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was also elected as the deputy chairman of the house unopposed, said the presiding officer. Earlier this month, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari summoned the house to meet for its inaugural session on Tues

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Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections

STORY: Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of The senate election STORYLINE: Pakistan's ruling coalition led the elections of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, held on Tuesday, an official source told Xinhua on Wednesday. According to a source from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ruling alliance parties including Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) won 14 seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got 13 seats and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan secured one seat. The elections were to be held for half of the 96-member house across the country, including the capital Islamabad and four provinces. However, the actual elections were held on 19 seats after 18 members won unopposed before the voting and the ECP postponed polls for 11 seats in KP due to the incomplete provincial assembly as s

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New leaders elected for Nigerian parliament

STORY: New leaders elected for Nigerian parliament DATELINE: June 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of members of Nigeria's legislature 2. various of Godswill Akpabio 3. various of senate members on the parliament floor STORYLINE: Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas, both from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, on Tuesday, emerged as president of the Nigerian Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, in separate elections for key positions for the parliament in Africa's most populous country. Akpabio, a former minority leader of the Senate, polled 63 votes to beat his rival and party man Abdulaziz Yari, who scored 46 votes in the election for the 109-member Senate leadership. Jibrin Barau, a senator representing the northern state of Kano, was elected unopposed as the deputy Senate president. Abbas, representing the northwestern state of Kaduna, emerged as the leader of the 360-member House of Representatives, the low

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Blatter wins 4th term as FIFA head

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sepp Blatter, who was reelected unopposed to his fourth straight term as FIFA president during the Congress of soccer's international governing body in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 1, 2011.

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Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

MACAO, China - Macao's new Chief Executive Fernando Chui (L), who was elected unopposed in July, takes the oath of office for a five-year term at an inauguration ceremony attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Macao on Dec. 20, 2009. Macao's new administration, including key government officials and members of the core policymaking Executive Council, was sworn in as the former Portuguese colony marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China the same day.

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Ozawa expected to be declared winner in DJP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (photo) is expected to be declared the unopposed winner for a third term in the leadership race of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Registration of candidacy opens at 10 a.m. and Ozawa will be declared the unopposed winner after registration closes at 11 a.m. as there appears to be no other entry in the race.

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Kanzaki reelected New Komeito chief unopposed

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki addresses a national convention of New Komeito party in Tokyo on Oct. 31 after being reelected as party leader to serve a fourth two-year term.

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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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Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

STORY: Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN General Assembly Hall 2. various of voting 3. SOUNDBITE (English): ABDULLA SHAHID, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly 4. various of delegates applauding STORYLINE: Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. The newly-elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2023, and will serve till Dec. 31, 2024. SOUNDBITE (English): ABDULLA SHAHID, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly "Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland are elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2023." All five candidates were running unopposed on Thursday. They will replace the outgoing non-permanent member

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Kanzaki reelected New Komeito chief unopposed

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki addresses a national convention of New Komeito party in Tokyo on Oct. 31 after being reelected as party leader to serve a fourth two-year term. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa expected to be declared winner in DJP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (photo) is expected to be declared the unopposed winner on Sept. 8 for a third term in the leadership race of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. Registration of candidacy opens at 10 a.m. and Ozawa will be declared the unopposed winner after registration closes at 11 a.m. as there appears to be no other entry in the race. (Kyodo)

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Russo-Japanese War - Battle of Feng Huang Cheng

Japanese troops occupied the town of Feng-Huang-Cheng (now Phoenix Town in the Hunan Province), Manchuria, (part of the Eastern Chinese Empire) virtually unopposed on 5th May 1904 Date: 1904

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, the junior ruling coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015. Abe was re-elected unopposed as president of the LDP earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Seiko Noda, lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, is seen during a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, after giving up running in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected unopposed as LDP president the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Takeshi Noda, chief administrator of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election, announces the re-election unopposed of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Seiko Noda, a lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, tells a press conference at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, that she has given up running in the party's presidential election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected unopposed as LDP president the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015 after being re-elected unopposed as president of the Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe re-elected unopposed as LDP leader

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his supporters pump fists at a rally at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 8, 2015. Abe was re-elected unopposed as LDP president later that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gains observer status ahead of return to U.N. Security Council

Yoshifumi Okamura, Japan's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, attends a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Nov. 20, 2015, the first day of Tokyo's eligibility for observer status in the council gained six weeks ahead of the start of its stint as a nonpermanent member. Japan was elected unopposed to the council's Asia-Pacific region seat in October for a two-year term beginning in January, a record 11th time to serve as a nonpermanent member among U.N. member countries. Japan last served on the council until 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

MACAO, China - Macao's new Chief Executive Fernando Chui (L), who was elected unopposed in July, takes the oath of office for a five-year term at an inauguration ceremony attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Macao on Dec. 20, 2009. Macao's new administration, including key government officials and members of the core policymaking Executive Council, was sworn in as the former Portuguese colony marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China the same day. (Kyodo)

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Blatter wins 4th term as FIFA head

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sepp Blatter, who was reelected unopposed to his fourth straight term as FIFA president during the Congress of soccer's international governing body in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 1, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Amano re-elected IAEA chief unopposed

Japan's Yukiya Amano speaks with reporters after being re-elected unopposed as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in Vienna on March 8, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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.