Thailand parliament fails to elect new PM in joint voting session

STORY: Thailand parliament fails to elect new PM in joint voting session DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Thai parliament 2. various of the voting process 3. various of prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat waving to reporters STORYLINE: Thailand's parliament failed to pick a new prime minister on Thursday as the sole candidate and Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat fell short of securing the majority support from the parliamentarians. In a joint session of the 500-member lower house and the 250-senator upper house, Pita was the only candidate nominated as prime minister but received only 324 votes in favor, short of the 376-vote simple majority required to become the prime minister, according to roll-call votes broadcasted live. The vote was held after several hours of debates among the parliamentarians. The Move Forward Party emerged as the largest party in the lower house of parliament in Thailand's general electio

Miyagi governor not to seek reelection or run in general electio

Miyagi governor not to seek reelection or run in general electio

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano (file photo) said Aug. 21 he has decided not to seek reelection in October's gubernatorial election and will also not run in the Sept. 11 general election. Asano was first elected in 1993 and is in his third four-year term. (Kyodo)

Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka declares candidacy for upper house electio

Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka declares candidacy for upper house electio

TOKYO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. and New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka (R) officially declares his candidacy for July's House of Councillors election as his party's proportional-representation candidate at a press conference in Tokyo on June 4. Tanaka also announced the party's decision to field journalist Yoshifu Arita (L) as another proportional-representation candidate. (Kyodo)

Japanese in foreign countries cast ballot for lower house electio

Japanese in foreign countries cast ballot for lower house electio

SYDNEY, Australia - A Japanese resident (L) casts a ballot at the Japanese consulate general in Sydney on Aug. 19. Official campaigning began Aug. 18 for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

Quake-hit Niigata residents cast ballots for upper house electio

Quake-hit Niigata residents cast ballots for upper house electio

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Voters in quake-hit Kashiwazaki, central Niigata Prefecture, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 29 at a polling station (fore) created inside a gymnasium of a community center where 48 people still take shelter. (Kyodo)

Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote. (Kyodo)

Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

Pro-reform Utsunomiya wins bar associations' presidential electio

TOKYO, Japan - Reformist lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo after securing the presidential seat of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on March 10, 2010. Utsunomiya defeated former JFBA Vice President Takeji Yamamoto in the federation's first revote. (Kyodo)