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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Osaka on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to end the one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kenji Eda, co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to end the one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins for general election

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Arai, leader of the New Renaissance Party, starts the general election campaign on Dec. 2, 2014, in Tokyo. The ruling coalition aims at another victory on Dec. 14, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, shows people clapping their hands as they listen to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

IWAKI, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014, at the start of official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 general election begins

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows voters listening to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in front of Futamatagawa Station in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaign. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, starts the general election campaign on Dec. 2, 2014, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The ruling coalition aims at another victory on Dec. 14, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins for general election

IWAKI, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with voters in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014, when the official campaign for the Dec. 14 general election kicked off. The opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins for general election

IWAKI, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, launches the campaign for the Dec. 14 general election by giving a speech in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (R), leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, holds a press conference in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013, before the party staged a protest rally. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the controversial July 28 general election.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, and his supporters head to the U.N. human rights office in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013. They presented a petition asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for help so that a probe will be made into Cambodia's controversial July 28 general election. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the poll.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (L in middle), leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, attends the party's protest rally in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the controversial July 28 general election.

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Japan to hold general election Dec. 16 after Noda dissolves Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a one-on-one party leaders' debate with Shinzo Abe, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, in parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2012. During the debate, Noda said he could conditionally dissolve the House of Representatives on Nov. 16, later setting Dec. 16 as the date for a general election.

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H.K. protesters mourn Wenzhou train crash victims

HONG KONG, China - About 200 people hold a rally in Hong Kong on July 31, 2011, against China's one-party rule and blaming the Chinese Communist Party for mishandling the collision between two high-speed trains on July 23 that killed 40 people and injured 190 in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou.

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat, delivers a speech at a gathering in support of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Washington on Dec. 10, 2010. Participants called for Liu's release and an end of communist one-party rule in China.

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Keidanren chief calls for bipartisan system in Japanese politics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Aug. 30. Mitarai called for a two-party system in Japanese politics to facilitate changes of government, instead of continuous one-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Keidanren chief calls for bipartisan system in Japanese politics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Aug. 30. Mitarai called for a two-party system in Japanese politics to facilitate changes of government, instead of continuous one-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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H.K. protesters mourn Wenzhou train crash victims

HONG KONG, China - About 200 people hold a rally in Hong Kong on July 31, 2011, against China's one-party rule and blaming the Chinese Communist Party for mishandling the collision between two high-speed trains on July 23 that killed 40 people and injured 190 in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

IWAKI, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014, at the start of official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, shows people clapping their hands as they listen to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago. (Kyodo)

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Pro-Liu Xiaobo rally in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat, delivers a speech at a gathering in support of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Washington on Dec. 10, 2010. Participants called for Liu's release and an end of communist one-party rule in China. (Kyodo)

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Pro-democracy protesters march in H.K.

Pro-democracy protesters march in Hong Kong on May 27, 2018, demanding the end of China's "one-party dictatorship," ahead of the 29th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-democracy protesters march in H.K.

Pro-democracy protesters march in Hong Kong on May 27, 2018, demanding the end of China's "one-party dictatorship," ahead of the 29th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo