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Protests against Jordan Bardella s visit in Moissac - France

Protests against the visit of President of French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Jordan Bardella for his book signing in Moissac, Occitanie, France on November 29, 2025. Activists with placards reading The RN is like your ex, it says it s changed but everyone knows it s lying. The sound of boots. Riposte, social feminist. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protests Continue Over Arrest Of Istanbul Mayor - Istanbul

A protester holds a sign reading "I'm hotter than your Biber Gazi (Pepper Spray)" as people continue their gatherings on a daily basis to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 25, 2025. Imamoglu is the nominee of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival for the next presidential election in 2028. Photo by Laurin Strele/Middle East Image/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kamala Harris Thrust Into Spotlight As Biden Bows Out

File photo - US Vice President Kamala Harris (C) walks out to attend an event celebrating ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, April 25, 2024. President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election campaign and putting his faith in Harris. Within hours, the vice-president confirmed her own bid for the White House. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic party, and unite our nation, to defeat Donald Trump,” Harris said. “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win." Photo by Michael Reynolds/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long table dinner party held in Prague

STORY: Long table dinner party held in Prague DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ONDREJ KOBZA, Organizer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Czech): ELISKA, Visitor STORYLINE: A roughly 400-meter-long table was set up in the shape of a heart around St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle in Prague, the Czech Republic on Monday. Prague's residents and visitors joined the event with their own dishes and shared them with others. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ONDREJ KOBZA, Organizer "After 3 years when we organized a long table on Charles Bridge, we are organizing this long table, 400 meters. We created a big symbol of a heart. There is nothing possible to buy anything here, you can only bring and share with your neighbors." SOUNDBITE 2 (Czech): ELISKA, Visitor "It's an event that revolves around tables and symbolizes the nation's unity. Because people who don't know each other are meeting here, and it works. I see people around the tabl

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U.S. two-party political system costs money: Kenyan economist

STORY: U.S. two-party political system costs money: Kenyan economist DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of American street views 2. SOUNDBITE (English): XN IRAKI, Kenyan economist 3. various of gun violence 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XN IRAKI, Kenyan economist STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, a Kenyan economist said that the two-party political system in the U.S. has made American elections a game for the rich. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): XN IRAKI, Kenyan economist "If you want to influence people to change the way they think, you have to use certain means, and one of them is money. So they influence your mind. You have to use that advertisements, town hall meetings, and a lot of advertisements out of meetings, and that costs money. So, in the long run, you find that if you are going to win, you have to spend a lot of money. So it's because of the two-party political system that makes political parties in the U.S. very expensive

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (C front), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the opposition Your Party, speaks to reporters at the metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014, after Akihiro Suzuki, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party assembly member, apologized to her for recent sexist heckling. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ends a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes at a press conference at the Tokyo metropolitan offices on June 23, 2014. Suzuki admitted having subjected Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assemblywoman, to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki made the remarks while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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LDP Tokyo assembly member admits sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Suzuki (R), a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, apologizes to Ayaka Shiomura, a Your Party assembly member, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014, for subjecting her to sexist heckling during an assembly session. Suzuki said, "You should get married first," while Shiomura was posing questions on the metropolitan government's maternity support measures.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (R), head of the newly formed opposition "Yui no to," speaks in a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Earlier in the day, Eda, former secretary general of Your Party, and 14 other Japanese Diet members launched the party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen members of the Japanese Diet -- 14 who bolted from the opposition Your Party and one independent -- pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, after launching the new party "Yui no to." Kenji Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen members of the Japanese Diet -- 14 who bolted from the opposition Your Party and one independent -- gather at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, to launch the new party "Yui no to." Kenji Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party.

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda speaks at a meeting to launch the new political party "Yui no to" at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party consisting of 15 lawmakers -- 14 of whom, including Eda, bolted from Your Party, and one independent.

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Prosecutors question ex-Your Party head Watanabe over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshimi Watanabe, former head of the now-defunct opposition Your Party. Prosecutors have questioned Watanabe over an alleged violation of the political funds control law involving his political group, sources close to the matter said Dec. 19, 2014.

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Ex-Your Party chief Watanabe loses election

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Former Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, an independent candidate in the lower house election, speaks in his electoral district in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, after losing his seat in the election.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 general election begins

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, former leader of the opposition Your Party, which disbanded on Nov. 28, 2014, makes a speech in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 2, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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2 Your Party opposition lawmakers to join DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Yamauchi (C) and Katsuhito Nakajima (L), both of whom are House of Representatives lawmakers of Your Party members, announce at a press conference that they have applied to join the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Nov. 20, 2014, at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo, after the minor opposition group decided to disband the previous day. The DPJ's Secretary General Yukio Edano (R) accompanied them.

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Opposition Your Party to disband amid internal strife

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichiro Asao, leader of the minor opposition Your Party, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014, after a decision to disband on Nov. 28 was finalized by majority vote at a meeting of the party's Diet members. There has been internal strife in the party over whether to align with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party or the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, ends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (far R, facing the camera), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, is seen ahead of a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assemblywoman subjected to sexist heckling

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura (C), a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from the opposition Your Party, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24, 2014. The previous day, a male assembly member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party admitted heckling Shiomura with sexist remarks during a session of the assembly.

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Tokyo assembly member subjected to sexist heckles

TOKYO, Japan - Ayaka Shiomura, a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member, speaks with reporters in Tokyo on June 20, 2014, before submitting a written request to the assembly speaker asking him to take punitive measures over sexist remarks she was subjected to during an assembly session. Shiomura, a 35-year-old Your Party assembly member, was ridiculed during a session on June 18 while she was posing questions on maternity support measures. The hecklers said, "You should get married first," and, "Can't you have babies?"

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Your Party leader

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichiro Asao, the new leader of the minor opposition Your Party, gives a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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Your Party picks Asao as new leader

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichiro Asao speaks in Tokyo after being chosen as the new leader of the minor opposition Your Party on April 11, 2014.

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Your Party picks Asao as new leader

TOKYO, Japan -Keiichiro Asao speaks in Tokyo after being chosen as the new leader of the minor opposition Your Party on April 11, 2014.

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Your Party chief Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe drinks water while meeting the press at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 27, 2014, over an unaccounted-for 800 million yen in loans from a corporate executive. The House of Representatives member said he has no intention of stepping down as head of the small opposition party, and denied any foul play in connection with the money.

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Your Party chief Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe answers reporters' questions at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 27, 2014, over an unaccounted-for 800 million yen in loans from a corporate executive. The House of Representatives member said he has no intention to step down as head of the small opposition party, denying any foul play in the borrowing.

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Key opposition members launch joint study group

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (standing), who quit the opposition Your Party, speaks at the inaugural meeting of a group called a "gathering for breaking established interest," in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2013. Goshi Hosono (L), a former secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Yorihisa Matsuno (R), a senior member of the opposition Japanese Restoration Party, also joined.

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Your Party splits up

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (front) and more than a dozen other lawmakers head to submit letters of resignation from Your Party to the party's secretary general, Keiichiro Asao, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo series shows leaders of Japanese political parties campaigning on July 20, 2013, the day before the upper house election. They are (top row, from L) Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the New Komeito party; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who leads the Liberal Democratic Party; Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan; (middle row, from L) Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii; Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the People's Life Party; Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe; (bottom row, from L) Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party; Kuniko Tanioka, leader of the Green Wind party; and Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party.

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Upper house election in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Sugamo district on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Party leaders' debate

TOKYO, Japan - Political party chiefs join hands before a debate on their policies in Tokyo on July 3, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election. From left are Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Green Wind party head Kuniko Tanioka.

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Party leaders' debate

TOKYO, Japan - Political party chiefs join hands before a debate on their policies in Tokyo on July 3, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election. From left are Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima, People's Life Party leader Ichiro Ozawa, New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi, Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda, Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe, Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Green Wind party head Kuniko Tanioka.

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Online debate between party leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, leader of the opposition Your Party, takes part in a debate, broadcast by the Nico Nico Douga live streaming website, in Tokyo's Roppongi area on the night of June 28, 2013, ahead of the July 21 House of Councillors election.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe places a rose ornament above the name of the party's successful candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in Tokyo on June 23, 2013. The number of the party's assembly members rose sharply to seven from one.

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Sex slavery row costs Hashimoto electoral cooperation

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as Osaka mayor, answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices in western Japan on May 21, 2013. The small opposition Your Party decided the same day to cancel planned electoral cooperation with the Japan Restoration Party, following controversial remarks by Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude.

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Sex slavery row costs Hashimoto electoral cooperation

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as Osaka mayor, listens to a reporter's question at the Osaka city offices in western Japan on May 21, 2013. The small opposition Your Party decided the same day to cancel planned electoral cooperation with the Japan Restoration Party, following controversial remarks by Hashimoto concerning wartime sexual servitude.

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Your Party head Watanabe

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 21, 2013. Watanabe announced the party's decision to terminate its alliance with the Japan Restoration Party for elections of the House of Councillors and the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the summer of 2013, following a series of remarks by Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto regarding the system of wartime military brothels.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe, claps his hands on the news of his win in the general election in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2012.

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Japan general election eve

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows (top column, from R to L) Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, Yukiko Kada, head of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, (center column, from R to L) former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, head of the Japan Restoration Party, Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party, (bottom column, from R to L) Kenko Matsuki, acting leader of the New Party Daichi, Shozaburo Jimi, head of the People's New Party, Yasuo Tanaka, head of the New Party Nippon, and Yoichi Masuzoe, head of the New Renaissance Party, while making stump speeches at various locations across the country on Dec. 4, 2012, as official campaigning kicked off the same day for the Dec. 16 general election.

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Japan general election

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, makes a stump speech in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, makes a stump speech in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2012, after official campaigning kicked off for the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Shozaburo Jimi of the People's New Party, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party, Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party, Muneo Suzuki of the New Party Daichi and Yoichi Masuzoe of the New Renaissance Party.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of some of Japan's major political parties join hands before a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election. From L are Natsuo Yamaguchi of the New Komeito party, Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukiko Kada of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), Shintaro Ishihara of the Japan Restoration Party and Yoshimi Watanabe of Your Party.

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Watami chairman mulls Tokyo gubernatorial race run

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Miki Watanabe, chairman of restaurant chain operator Watami Co., who was reported on Feb. 8, 2011 to be mulling running in the Tokyo gubernatorial race in April. Watanabe has reportedly asked for support from Your Party.