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Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Ex-Japan PM Aso

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, currently serving as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's supreme advisor, speaks at a meeting of his intraparty faction on Sept. 3, 2025, in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, center right, speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, right, during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

Steve Ricchetti, counselor to US President Joe Biden, during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, center right, speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, center right, speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden at a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO - Washington

US President Joe Biden, center, speaks during a meeting of national union leaders at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Biden is turning to Black, Hispanic and progressive leaders to curb an intraparty uprising over his fitness for office, an unexpected lifeline for a president whose standing among voters in those groups has diminished. Photo by Ting Shen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

TOKYO, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction. (Kyodo)

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai (front), a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, bows at the end of a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, bows during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, holds a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, holds a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, holds a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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LDP heavyweight Nikai at press conference

Toshihiro Nikai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight, holds a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on March 25, 2024. The former LDP secretary general said he will not run in the next general election, following a political funds scandal that engulfed his intraparty faction.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) listens to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) speak at an intraparty gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (4th from L) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) at a gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his cup with fellow DPJ lawmakers at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Opposition leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki answers reporters' questions at the opposition party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Koga, head of the intraparty faction to which Tanigaki belongs. Tanigaki said he had been urged by Koga not to run in the LDP's presidential election later in September.

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Opposition leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Koga, head of the intraparty faction to which Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki belongs, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2012, after meeting with Tanigaki. Koga urged Tanigaki not to run in the opposition party's presidential election later in September.

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Ozawa to decide on whether to leave ruling DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, walks in the Diet in Tokyo after talks with DPJ Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi on June 29, 2012. The ruling party could split soon, less than three years since it took power, with Ozawa, head of the largest intraparty faction, indicating he will decide July 2 on whether to leave the party over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's sales tax hike proposal.

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Noda seeks for intraparty agreement on tax reform bills

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a meeting of Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers from both chambers of the Diet on June 20, 2012, where Noda sought an intraparty agreement on tax reforms bills.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006.

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Yamasaki announces he will not run in LDP leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki formally announce that he will not run in the party's Sept. 20 leadership election at a meeting of his intraparty faction in Tokyo on Aug. 17.

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Koizumi tells new LDP elects not to represent specific interests

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses an audience of 83 Liberal Democratic Party newcomers elected in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 20. Koizumi urged them not to represent specific interests as his ruling party launched a training program intended to keep them away from traditional intraparty factions.

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Horiuchi launches new LDP faction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Horiuchi (C), a former trade and industry minister, along with former Health and Welfare Minister Yuya Niwa (L) and former Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda (R), attends a news conference at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho on Jan. 31 after launching a new LDP faction, a move marking the formal split of Kochikai, the second largest intraparty power group headed by former LDP Secretary General Koichi Kato.

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LDP's Koizumi raps expansionary fiscal policy

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, a heavyweight in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a strong advocate of structural reform, gives a lecture at Kyodo News' head office in Tokyo on Sept. 26. Koizumi, who heads an intraparty faction to which Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori belongs, slammed the government's expansionary fiscal policy for worsening Japan's runaway debts.

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LDP executives at fundraising party

Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a fundraising party for his intraparty faction at a hotel in Tokyo on May 16, 2022.

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Yamasaki announces he will not run in LDP leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taku Yamasaki formally announce that he will not run in the party's Sept. 20 leadership election at a meeting of his intraparty faction in Tokyo on Aug. 17. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi tells new LDP elects not to represent specific interests

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses an audience of 83 Liberal Democratic Party newcomers elected in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 20. Koizumi urged them not to represent specific interests as his ruling party launched a training program intended to keep them away from traditional intraparty factions. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (4th from L) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) at a gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) listens to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) speak at an intraparty gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September. (Kyodo)

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006. (Kyodo)

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Maehara, leading candidate to become Japan's new PM

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara officially declares that he will run in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election at a meeting of his intraparty group in Tokyo on Aug. 23, 2011. Maehara has emerged as a leading contender to become the sixth Japanese prime minister since 2006. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his cup with fellow DPJ lawmakers at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September. (Kyodo)

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LDP heavyweight Ishiba to step down as faction chief

Shigeru Ishiba, a former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, gets in a car after attending a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2020. Ishiba announced his intention the same day to step down as head of his own intraparty faction, following a poor showing in the LDP presidential election in September.

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Ishiba to step down as chief of LDP faction

Shigeru Ishiba, a former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2020. Earlier in the day, Ishiba, who lost in the LDP presidential election in September, announced his intention to step down as leader of his own intraparty faction.

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Ishiba to step down as chief of LDP faction

Shigeru Ishiba (C), a former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2020. Earlier in the day, Ishiba, who lost in the LDP presidential election in September, announced his intention to step down as leader of his own intraparty faction.

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Ishiba to step down as chief of LDP faction

Shigeru Ishiba (L), a former secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2020. Ishiba, who lost in the LDP presidential election in September, announced the same day his intention to step down as leader of his own intraparty faction.