Dissenter Kamei offers to quit as LDP faction leader

Dissenter Kamei offers to quit as LDP faction leader

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran politician Shizuka Kamei is surrounded by reporters after offering to quit as head of a faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Aug. 15 as faction members who voted against postal privatization bills have found themselves in a tight corner ahead of the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election.

LDP dissenter Nose gives up running in general election

LDP dissenter Nose gives up running in general election

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party dissenter Kazuko Nose wipes away tears as she announces she will not run in the Sept. 11 general election at a news conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12. She is the first of the 37 LDP lower house members to give up seeking another term after voting against the postal privatization bills promoted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Dissenter Kamei offers to quit as LDP faction leader

Dissenter Kamei offers to quit as LDP faction leader

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran politician Shizuka Kamei is surrounded by reporters after offering to quit as head of a faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Aug. 15 as faction members who voted against postal privatization bills have found themselves in a tight corner ahead of the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

LDP dissenter Nose gives up running in general election

LDP dissenter Nose gives up running in general election

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party dissenter Kazuko Nose wipes away tears as she announces she will not run in the Sept. 11 general election at a news conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12. She is the first of the 37 LDP lower house members to give up seeking another term after voting against the postal privatization bills promoted by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)