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Extraordinary Diet session convenes after upper house election

Lawmakers of the Democratic Party for the People pose for a photo in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2025, as an extraordinary Diet session is convened following the July 20 House of Councillors election. The small opposition party performed well in the election, increasing its representation in the 248-member upper chamber from nine to 22 seats.

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Extraordinary Diet session convenes after upper house election

Lawmakers of the Democratic Party for the People pose for a photo in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2025, as an extraordinary Diet session is convened following the July 20 House of Councillors election. The small opposition party performed well in the election, increasing its representation in the 248-member upper chamber from nine to 22 seats.

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Extraordinary Diet session convenes after upper house election

Lawmakers of the Democratic Party for the People pose for a photo in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2025, as an extraordinary Diet session is convened following the July 20 House of Councillors election. The small opposition party performed well in the election, increasing its representation in the 248-member upper chamber from nine to 22 seats.

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Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest

STORY: Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration STORYLINE: Israel's parliament voted on Tuesday to advance Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary, despite widespread public opposition. After a stormy debate, the first two bills of the judicial reform passed in a first, non-binding reading. Out of the 120 seats in the parliament, 63 lawmakers voted in favor of the bills, 47 against, and 10 were absent. Members of Netanyahu's new ultra-religious and ultranationalist coalition government celebrated the outcome. "A great night and a great day," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the vote. The first bill would alter the composition of the nine-member committee that appoints judges, limiting the influence of legal professionals and giving the government an outright majority. If approved, the law would

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9 DPJ lawmakers submit resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama (front) and other lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan head to the party secretary general's room in the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2011. Nine DPJ lawmakers including Uchiyama submitted their resignation to the party in protest at DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policies.

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LDP expels 9 as punishment for voting against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Mayumi Moriyama, who chairs the Liberal Democratic Party's Party Ethics Committee, speaks at a press conference at the LDP Headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 21 on her panel's decision to expel nine current and former LDP lawmakers for voting against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills during the previous Diet session ended Aug. 13.

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(2) 79 lawmakers including Takebe visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Seventy-nine lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R), visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Oct. 19 for its annual fall festival. ''I often visit the shrine when I'm off. It is my natural desire to pay homage at the shrine,'' Takebe told reporters after the visit.

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(1)79 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Seventy-nine lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (front R), visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Oct. 19 for its annual fall festival. No Cabinet members were among them.

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S. Korea approves troops dispatch to U.S war on Iraq

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's legislature, the National Assembly, approves a bill April 2 authorizing the dispatch of 700 noncombat troops to assist the U.S. war on Iraq. The bill won an overwhelming parliamentary endorsement as 179 of 256 lawmakers attending voted for the measure, 68 voted against and nine abstained.

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(2)New coalition party headed by Kumagai launched

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a new party in the ruling coalition headed by Hiroshi Kumagai, former vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), pose for photographs at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 25 after its inaugural meeting there. The new party was formed by Kumagai, four other defectors from the DPJ and nine lawmakers from the former New Conservative Party (NCP). The new party is also called the New Conservative Party in English.

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(1)New coalition party headed by Kumagai launched

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kumagai (standing), head of a new party in the ruling coalition, delivers a speech at a meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 25 to inaugurate the party. Kumagai, former vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), four other defectors from the DPJ and nine lawmakers from the New Conservative Party formed the new party, also called the New Conservative Party in English.

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22 senior vice ministers sworn into office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front row) poses with his newly-appointed senior vice ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 1. Koizumi appointed 22 lawmakers as senior vice ministers at 12 ministers and agencies, with nine of them, including the two for financial affairs, retaining their posts.

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(2) 79 lawmakers including Takebe visit Yasukuni for fall festiv

TOKYO, Japan - Seventy-nine lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R), visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Oct. 19 for its annual fall festival. ''I often visit the shrine when I'm off. It is my natural desire to pay homage at the shrine,'' Takebe told reporters after the visit. (Kyodo)

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(1)79 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Seventy-nine lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (front R), visit Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Oct. 19 for its annual fall festival. No Cabinet members were among them. (Kyodo)

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LDP expels 9 as punishment for voting against postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Mayumi Moriyama, who chairs the Liberal Democratic Party's Party Ethics Committee, speaks at a press conference at the LDP Headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 21 on her panel's decision to expel nine current and former LDP lawmakers for voting against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills during the previous Diet session ended Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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(2)New coalition party headed by Kumagai launched

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a new party in the ruling coalition headed by Hiroshi Kumagai, former vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), pose for photographs at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 25 after its inaugural meeting there. The new party was formed by Kumagai, four other defectors from the DPJ and nine lawmakers from the former New Conservative Party (NCP). The new party is also called the New Conservative Party in English. (Kyodo)

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Uyghur leader Kadeer meets with LDP lawmakers

Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2015, after meeting with a group of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers. Kadeer arrived in Japan on Oct. 13 for a nine-day visit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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9 DPJ lawmakers submit resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama (front) and other lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan head to the party secretary general's room in the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2011. Nine DPJ lawmakers including Uchiyama submitted their resignation to the party in protest at DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policies. (Kyodo)

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

Lawmakers observe a moment of silence during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2020, the time when a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan exactly nine years ago, triggering a killer tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's ruling party breaks up with anti-Park group's departure

Twenty-nine South Korean lawmakers, who have distanced themselves from disgraced President Park Geun Hye, declare in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2016, their departure from the ruling Saenuri party to form a new political group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's ruling party breaks up with anti-Park group's departure

Twenty-nine South Korean lawmakers, who have distanced themselves from disgraced President Park Geun Hye, declare in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2016, their departure from the ruling Saenuri party to form a new political group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's ruling party breaks up with anti-Park group's departure

Twenty-nine South Korean lawmakers, who have distanced themselves from disgraced President Park Geun Hye, declare in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2016, their departure from the ruling Saenuri party to form a new political group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP to extend party leader's term

Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura attends a meeting of senior LDP lawmakers in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016. The ruling party will raise the existing limit on the party leader's tenure to three consecutive terms totaling nine years from the current two consecutive terms totaling six years, which could allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to remain premier through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP to extend party leader's term

Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura (2nd from R) attends a meeting of senior LDP lawmakers in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016. The ruling party will raise the existing limit on the party leader's tenure to three consecutive terms totaling nine years from the current two consecutive terms totaling six years, which could allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to remain premier through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea approves troops dispatch to U.S war on Iraq

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's legislature, the National Assembly, approves a bill April 2 authorizing the dispatch of 700 noncombat troops to assist the U.S. war on Iraq. The bill won an overwhelming parliamentary endorsement as 179 of 256 lawmakers attending voted for the measure, 68 voted against and nine abstained. (Kyodo)

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(1)New coalition party headed by Kumagai launched

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kumagai (standing), head of a new party in the ruling coalition, delivers a speech at a meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 25 to inaugurate the party. Kumagai, former vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), four other defectors from the DPJ and nine lawmakers from the New Conservative Party formed the new party, also called the New Conservative Party in English. (Kyodo)

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22 senior vice ministers sworn into office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C, front row) poses with his newly-appointed senior vice ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 1. Koizumi appointed 22 lawmakers as senior vice ministers at 12 ministers and agencies, with nine of them, including the two for financial affairs, retaining their posts.