Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district on Dec. 2, 2014. Opposition parties, including the JCP, are pushing alternatives to "Abenomics," the economic policy package of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which they say has widened the gap between haves and have-nots.

Centuries-old tradition of drum making in Uganda battling modernity

STORY: Centuries-old tradition of drum making in Uganda battling modernity DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:31 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: various of people making drumsSOUNDBITE 1 (Luganda): FRANCIS YIGA, Drum makerSOUNDBITE 2 (Luganda): FRANCIS YIGA, Drum makerSOUNDBITE 3 (Luganda): FRANCIS YIGA, Drum makerSOUNDBITE 4 (Luganda): FRED MWANJJE, Drum maker STORYLINE: Uganda is a country in the East African region with a rich diversity of cultures passed onto generations through oral storytelling and practice. A drum is one of the must-haves in communication for villagers in the traditional African setting. When village authorities use drums to pass on messages, residents have to listen carefully. It was also a key musical instrument in times of sorrow, a bad crop harvest, or in times of happiness, like enthroning a new king. Drums are now quickly being replaced by other forms of communication, putting the traditional drum-making skill on a collision course with modernity.

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Campaigning kicks off for upper house election

Taro Yamamoto, joint chief of the small opposition People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends, gives his first stump speech in official campaigning for the House of Councillors election, which started on June 22, 2016, in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district. Yamamoto said it is necessary to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots in society. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuke ban treaty would deepen rift between haves, have-nots: Kishida

Nuke ban treaty would deepen rift between haves, have-nots: Kishida

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida gives an interview to Kyodo News in Hiroshima on May 20, 2017. Kishida defended Japan's choice not to participate in U.N. talks toward a treaty banning nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo