Sengoku at parliament

Sengoku at parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku looks unimpressed with Takeshi Maeda (L) after the head of an upper house committee erroneously called Sengoku ''prime minister'' during a session Nov. 17, 2010. The incident took place at a time when many pundits have branded the top aide to Prime Minister Naoto Kan as ''a shadow prime minister.''

Costly U.S. midterm elections fuel polarization, divisions amid concerns of political violence

STORY: Costly U.S. midterm elections fuel polarization, divisions amid concerns of political violence DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of a poll site in New York 3. various of a poll site in Los Angeles STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The 2022 U.S. midterms are set to be the most expensive non-presidential races in history. The total cost of state and federal elections is projected to exceed 16.7 billion U.S. dollars, according to a new analysis released by OpenSecrets. The high stakes in this year's races have escalated partisan spite at different levels across the nation. Many candidates personally attack each other rather than conduct meaningful policy debates with their opponents. U.S. media outlets and pundits constantly add fuel to the rancorous war of words sharply along ideological lines. It is causing anxiety about the prospect of greater politic

Broad government expected after Denmark's election

STORY: Broad government expected after Denmark's election DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Denmark's sitting prime minister Mette Frederiksen 2. SOUNDBITE (Danish): METTE FREDERIKSEN, Danish Prime Minister 3. various of the compound of the Danish Parliament 4. various of a poll station in Copenhagen 5. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen casting her vote in a poll station 6. various of the Copenhagen City Hall 7. various of a voting station in the Copenhagen City Hall 8. Mette Frederiksen's campaign advertisement outside the Copenhagen City Hall 9. various of exterior of the Copenhagen City Hall STORYLINE: The general election on Tuesday was expected to end the Left-Right polarization that has dominated Danish politics for years and pave the way for a centrist government in Denmark, said local pundits. But the outcome was anticlimactic and fell short of expectations with the lowest turnout rate since 1990. Of a total of 4,269,044

Sengoku at parliament

Sengoku at parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku looks unimpressed with Takeshi Maeda (L) after the head of an upper house committee erroneously called Sengoku ''prime minister'' during a session Nov. 17, 2010. The incident took place at a time when many pundits have branded the top aide to Prime Minister Naoto Kan as ''a shadow prime minister.'' (Kyodo)