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Candidates at joint event in Japan's main opposition leadership race

Candidates contesting the leadership race of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, (from L) former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, first-term lower house lawmaker Harumi Yoshida, the party's leader, Kenta Izumi, and former leader, Yukio Edano, hold up each other's hands during a joint campaign event in Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 16, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 23 election.

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Alireza Mohmadipiani (R) of Iran competes with Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine during the men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match of wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Wu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Alireza Mohmadipiani (L) of Iran competes with Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine during the men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match of wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Wu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine reacts after losing to Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran in the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk (R) of Ukraine competes against Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran during the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Ukrainian MP Beleniuk Starts Last Olympic Run

Zhan Beleniuk (L) of Ukraine competes against Alireza Mohmadipiani of Iran during the wrestling men's greco-roman 87kg semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. Winning his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after taking a months-long break from parliament, Ukrainian lawmaker Zhan Beleniuk is set to repeat his successful run and quit wrestling for good. The 33-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from Kyiv has been contemplating retirement for years, acknowledging that combining parliament work and professional sports isn't an easy task. Photo by Zhang Fan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo governor race begins

Former House of Councillors lawmaker Renho makes her first stump speech in Tokyo on June 20, 2024, as official campaigning for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital began the same day.

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U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress

STORY: U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to expel New York Republican George Santos from Congress over the lies, scandals and alleged campaign finance crimes. The lower chamber voted 311-114 to expel Santos, with all Republican leaders voting against expulsion. In total, 105 Republicans and 206 Democrats voted for expulsion. The latest action, which required a two-third majority, makes Santos, a first-term lawmaker, the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body's history. Santos invented ties to the Holocaust and made false claims that his mother was at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. His detractors also mentioned several times his use of campaign funds for personal expenses. Xinhua News Agency corre

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TCM sees rising popularity among young people in China

STORY: TCM sees rising popularity among young people in China DATELINE: March 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZENG SONGLIN, TCM doctor at the Hunan Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LI HAIXIA, TCM doctor at Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XU JING, Resident, Changsha City 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DENG JIANPING, Doctor at the First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHANG DI, National lawmaker and doctor at the First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG YUJIE, Xinhua correspondent "With a history of more than 2,000 years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is seen by many as a national treasure for its unique theorie

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U.S. House Speaker drama could turn into nightmare for Americans

STORY: U.S. House Speaker drama could turn into nightmare for Americans DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:18 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Congressman Kevin McCarthy in U.S. House of Representatives election 2. various of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries 3. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives elected Congressman Kevin McCarthy as speaker early Saturday morning after a historic deadlock that kept the lower chamber from being fully functional days after the new Congress convened. All House Democrats voted for Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, making him the minority leader and the first African American lawmaker to run a party in either chamber of the U.S. Congress. To flip Republican holdouts, McCarthy reportedly made a series of concessions, including a lower threshold to force a vote on ousting the House speaker and a floor vote on a border security bill. He also promised that efforts to rai

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (R), a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, presides over a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956.

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first upper house member from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956.

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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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Okinawa governor race begins

NANJO, Japan - Former upper house lawmaker Shokichi Kina, 66, who is running for governor of Okinawa, makes a speech in Nanjo, a city in Japan's southernmost prefecture on Oct. 30, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a closely watched election on Nov. 16, in which the controversial transfer of a key U.S. military base will take center stage.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People applaud as a professional wrestler appears at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, on the first day of the two-day combat sports event. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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Imelda Marcos

MANILA, Philippines - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, known for her flamboyance and wide collection of shoes, speaks to Kyodo News at her father's ancestral residence in Manila City on Jan. 31, 2013. The 83-year-old incumbent lawmaker shared her personal experiences during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines up to World War II in the 1940s, her encounters with Japanese officials during her husband's reign from the 1960s up to the early 1980s, and her continuing admiration for the Japanese people and their culture.

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New Komeito leader arrives in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi receives flowers upon arrival at a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2013. Yamaguchi, carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was the first senior lawmaker of the new Japanese government to travel to China since its establishment in late December 2012.

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New Komeito leader arrives in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi (C) arrives at Beijing airport on Jan. 22, 2013. Yamaguchi, carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was the first senior lawmaker of the new Japanese government to travel to China since its establishment in late December 2012.

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Komeito leader leaves for China

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi answers reporters' questions at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 22, 2013, before leaving for Beijing. Yamaguchi was carrying a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and was the first senior lawmaker of the new Japanese government to travel to China since its establishment in late December.

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DPJ lawmaker tries to leave party

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yuko Sato heads to DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada's office in a Diet building in Tokyo on March 3, 2011. The first-term lower house member of the ruling party filed her decision with the party leadership to join a regional political group launched by Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura. Okada did not accept her resignation and asked her to stay in the party.

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DPJ lawmaker tries to leave party

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yuko Sato is surrounded by reporters in a Diet building in Tokyo on March 3, 2011, after filing her decision with the party leadership to join a regional political group launched by Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura. DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada did not accept the first-term lower house member's resignation and asked her to stay in the party.

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Lawmaker Noda gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo, taken on May 17, 2010, shows Seiko Noda, a House of Representatives member from the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, once touted as a potential candidate to become Japan's first female premier, gave birth to a baby boy at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 6, 2011, marking a successful end to years of fertility treatment.

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Renho tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Renho (2nd from R) enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Renho, who goes by her first name, was tapped as minister in charge of administrative reform.

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Renho tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Renho enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Renho, who goes by her first name, was tapped as minister in charge of administrative reform.

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Renho tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Renho enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Renho, who goes by her first name, was tapped as minister in charge of administrative reform.

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Renho tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmaker Renho enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8, 2010. Renho, who goes by her first name, was tapped as minister in charge of administrative reform.

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Tamura becomes 1st lawmaker to quit LDP since party lost power

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors member Kotaro Tamura speaks during a news conference on Dec. 18, 2009, at the Diet Members' Office Building of the upper house in Tokyo. Tamura quit the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party the same day, becoming the first lawmaker to do so since the party was defeated in August's general election after almost half a century in power.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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PM Fukuda at lower house Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, top) replies to questions from opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Akira Nagatsuma (L, bottom) at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Oct. 9. It was the first committee session to discuss government's key policies after the Fukuda Cabinet launched late last month.

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1st Ainu lawmaker Kayano dies at 79

SAPPORO, Japan - Shigeru Kayano (in file photo), Japan's first lawmaker from the indigenous Ainu people, died on May 6 at a Sapporo hospital at the age of 79, sources close to him said. Kayano won a House of Councillors seat in 1994.

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Suzuki begins election campaigning

SAPPORO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker convicted of bribery who now heads Shinto Daichi (new party good earth), stumps in Sapporo, Hokkaido on Aug. 30, the first day of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election.

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Ogi becomes 1st female upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Chikage Ogi speaks in the Diet during a House of Councillors plenary session July 30 after being elected upper house president. Ogi is the first woman to serve in the post.

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Ex-lawmaker Kumagai lectures at university

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Former New Conservative Party (NCP) leader Hiroshi Kumagai, who has become a lecturer at Hamamatsu University in Shizuoka Prefecture, takes his first class on April 12. Kumagai retired from politics after failing to be reelected to the House of Representatives from the Shizuoka No. 7 district.

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Masked wrestler takes seat in Iwate assembly

MORIOKA, Japan - Professional wrestler ''the Great Sasuke'' has a lawmaker's badge pinned to his lapel before attending the Iwate prefectural assembly May 6 for the first time since being elected to the assembly late last month. The 33-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Masanori Murakawa, is wearing a modified mask with the prefectural emblem emblazoned on it, instead of the colorful mask he usually wears in the ring, to show respect for the assembly.

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(2)Rightist pleads guilty to murdering lawmaker Ishii

TOKYO, Japan - Hakusui Ito, a right-wing extremist pleaded guilty at the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21 to murdering Diet member Koki Ishii (in file photo) in front of the lawmaker's house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward last October. Ito, 48, the leader of Shukojuku, meaning ''emperor protection corps,'' admitted the charges at the first hearing of his trial at the district court.

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Chimuras worried about kids in N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi and Fukie Chimura (C), on their first homecoming visit since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, see Tsuyoshi Takagi, a House of Representatives member, off at their father's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Fukie told the lawmaker her children she left behind in North Korea may worry if their stay in Japan is extended to long beyond an agreed two-week period. (Pool photo)

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U.S. antiwar lawmaker Lee visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Aug. 3 Kyodo - U.S. Congress member Barbara Lee (L) shakes hands with Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba at city hall Aug. 3. Known for her antiwar stance, Lee visited the atomic-bombed city on her first visit to Japan.

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LDP ethics panel may produce Suzuki opinion by weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Hayashi speaks to the media after the first meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ethics panel on scandal-hit LDP lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on March 13. Hayashi said the panel may draft an opinion by the weekend on whether Suzuki should be punished.

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Xi's command in China's battle against COVID-19

STORY: Xi's command in China's battle against COVID-19 DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:02 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY/ECONOMY/HEALTH STORYLINE: The world has been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly three years. China, the most populous country in the world, encountered its hardest major public health emergency since the founding of New China in 1949. A war of 1.4 billion people was declared to fight the virus. And commanding the war is President Xi Jinping. Xi's command in China's battle against COVID-19 PEOPLE FIRST, LIFE FIRST Each and every life counts. Ever since the epidemic began, Xi has put the health and safety of the Chinese people before everything else. It was early 2020 in Shiyan, Hubei, a province hit hard by the pandemic. A patient was rushed to hospital for COVID-19, his conditions serious. And he was 87 years old, an age vulnerable to the virus. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LUO JIE, National lawmaker from Hubei, President of Taihe Hospital in Shiyan "For a c

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"People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight

STORY: "People first, lives first" in China's COVID-19 fight DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:42 LOCATION: SHIYAN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medical workers treating patients and fighting against COVID-19 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO JIE, National lawmaker from Hubei, President of Taihe Hospital in Shiyan 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Recovered COVID-19 patient 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Resident in Hubei Province STORYLINE: In early 2020, when China's Hubei was hit hard by the pandemic, a news report on how the life of an 87-year-old COVID-19 patient was saved hit the headlines. Around 10 medical workers fought for 47 days to bring back the patient's life at the Taihe Hospital in Shiyan City. Two months later, the hospital's president, Luo Jie broke the news to the media as a national lawmaker on the sidelines of the "two sessions" in Beijing. But he didn't expect the news to attract Chinese President Xi Jinping's attention, u

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1st Ainu lawmaker Kayano dies at 79

SAPPORO, Japan - Shigeru Kayano (in file photo), Japan's first lawmaker from the indigenous Ainu people, died on May 6 at a Sapporo hospital at the age of 79, sources close to him said. Kayano won a House of Councillors seat in 1994. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda, a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first upper house member from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Satsuki Eda (R), a senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, presides over a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 3 after being elected upper house president. Eda became the first from outside the Liberal Democratic Party to take the post since 1956. (Kyodo)

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DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps. (Kyodo)

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PM Fukuda at lower house Budget Committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (R, top) replies to questions from opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Akira Nagatsuma (L, bottom) at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Oct. 9. It was the first committee session to discuss government's key policies after the Fukuda Cabinet launched late last month. (Kyodo)

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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LDP ethics panel may produce Suzuki opinion by weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Former Finance Minister Hayashi speaks to the media after the first meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ethics panel on scandal-hit LDP lawmaker Muneo Suzuki on March 13. Hayashi said the panel may draft an opinion by the weekend on whether Suzuki should be punished.

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Ogi becomes 1st female upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Chikage Ogi speaks in the Diet during a House of Councillors plenary session July 30 after being elected upper house president. Ogi is the first woman to serve in the post. (Kyodo)

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Chimuras worried about kids in N. Korea

OBAMA, Japan - Yasushi and Fukie Chimura (C), on their first homecoming visit since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, see Tsuyoshi Takagi, a House of Representatives member, off at their father's home in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on Oct. 30. Fukie told the lawmaker her children she left behind in North Korea may worry if their stay in Japan is extended to long beyond an agreed two-week period. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)