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U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado primary ballot

STORY: U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado primary ballot SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024, Feb. 20, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court (March 4, 2024) 2. various of former U.S. President Donald Trump arriving in Greer, South Carolina (Feb. 20, 2024) STORYLINE: U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the primary ballot in Colorado, rejecting the state's disqualification and potentially setting national wide guidelines. The nine justices, three liberal and six conservative, all agreed with the ruling. By deciding that states lack the authority to remove Trump from the ballot due to his involvement in the events preceding the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the Supreme Court delivered a significant victory to the former president, who is the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race. The U.S. Supreme Court declared that

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Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates

STORY: Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet amid slipping support rates DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese Prime Minister's office 2. various of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his new cabinet members (courtesy of Japanese Prime Minister's official residence) 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday revamped his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as public support for the government is waning. The second cabinet reshuffle by Kishida since last year included changes to 13 out of 19 ministers, with 11 of them entering the cabinet for the first time. According to the lineup announced on Wednesday, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, among six current cabinet members, remained in their posts, as Kishida seeks to maintain stability in key positions

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CPC's experience is inspiring: Zimbabwe's ruling party youth leaders

STORY: CPC's experience is inspiring: Zimbabwe's ruling party youth leaders DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:45 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TENDAI CHIRAU, Deputy secretary for security of the ZANU-PF politburo of Zimbabwe 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HOPEWELL MUPANGANYAMA, Chairman, Youth Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TATENDA MATEVERA, Member of Parliament, ZANU-PF STORYLINE: Youth leaders from Zimbabwe's ruling party have said the valuable lessons they acquired in a leadership workshop organized by the Communist Party of China are inspiring. The workshop was held at the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Tanzania last May. The leadership school was co-founded by six parties in southern Africa: Tanzania's Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, the African National Congress of South Africa, the Mozambique Liberation Front Party, the People's Movement for th

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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China cautious after Abe's big election win

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Chinese newspapers dated July 22, 2013, reporting the Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the Japan upper house election the previous day. Chinese media has voiced apprehension of Japan becoming increasingly nationalistic after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition scored a comfortable win, giving his party and its ally control of both chambers of parliament for the first time in six years.

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Japanese lawmakers view disputed Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Japanese lawmakers observe Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku island chain in the East China Sea on June 10, 2012. A private group and local fishermen took around 120 people on 14 fishing vessels to the area, including six lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties, Tokyo metropolitan assembly members, employees of Ishigaki city in Okinawa and reporters.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan look upset after the ruling party's talks on a consumption tax hike, proposed by the party leadership, were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. on March 28, 2012, after lasting on and off for six hours, at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kawauchi (front), a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan who opposes a consumption tax hike proposed by the party leadership, looks angry at a press conference at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo in the early hours of March 28, 2012, after the ruling party's talks on the matter were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. that day, after lasting on and off for six hours. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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DPJ lawmakers opposing TPP talks visit U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Masahiko Yamada, former Japanese farm minister, speaks during a press conference in Washington on Jan. 11, 2012. A group of six ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers opposed to Tokyo's participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, including Yamada, wrapped up a three-day visit to the United States that day. Yamada said the group conveyed to U.S. officials that many Japanese people, particularly young people, have growing concerns about joining the TPP talks.

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, to discuss disciplinary measures against 16 DPJ lawmakers who skipped voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The executives decided to suspend the party membership of one of the 16, Koichiro Watanabe, who led the rebellion, for six months and to reprimand the rest of the lower house members.

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (2nd from L) and other lower house members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, after the party leadership decided to punish them for skipping voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. Watanabe, who led the rebellion, had his party membership suspended for six months while the 15 other dissident lawmakers were reprimanded.

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Ex-accountant of DPJ lawmaker Kobayashi given suspended term

TOKYO, Japan - Chiyomi Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on June 9, 2010, after her former accountant was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for three years, by the Sapporo District Court. Kobayashi apologized for causing public distrust of politics.

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LDP-backed candidate wins Nagasaki gubernatorial election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hodo Nakamura, who was backed by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party, celebrates at his election campaign office in the city of Nagasaki on Feb. 21, 2010 after winning the Nagasaki gubernatorial election. Nakamura, 59, a former vice governor, beat six other candidates, including Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, supported the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and its coalition partners.

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LDP-backed candidate wins Nagasaki gubernatorial election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hodo Nakamura, who was backed by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party, speaks to reporters at his election campaign office in the city of Nagasaki on Feb. 21, 2010 after winning the Nagasaki gubernatorial election. Nakamura, 59, a former vice governor, beat six other candidates, including Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, supported the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and its coalition partners.

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N. Korean delegation pays respects to late Pres. Kim Dae Jung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Ki Nam (L), a secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, and Kim Yang Gon (R), head of the party's unification front department, pose for photos at Pyongyang international airport on Aug. 21 before leaving for Seoul to pay respects to the late former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. Kim Ki Nam heads a six-member group of North Korean special envoys for the Seoul trip.

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High court upholds 2 1/2-yr term for Livedoor founder Horie

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawyers for Takafumi Horie, the founder of the Livedoor Co. group, enter the Tokyo High Court on July 25. The Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing Horie to two years and six months in prison without suspension for his involvement in accounting fraud and other securities law breaches.

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Yoshida's winning streak stopped at 119

TAIYUAN, China - Athens Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida (L) looks disappointed as her winning streak was snapped at 119 matches after a shock defeat to American Marcie Van Dusen in the 55-kilogram weight category at women's freestyle wrestling World Cup team competition in Taiyuan, China, on Jan. 19. Yoshida's stretch, which kicked off more than six years ago, came to an end when Van Dusen scored points on reversal maneuvers en route to a 2-0 ruling, sending the hitherto unrivaled Yoshida into a state of shock.

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Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori sentenced to 6 years in prison

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former President Alberto Fujimori, who was sentenced by a Peruvian court on Dec. 11 to six years in prison for abuse of authority in connection with the illegal search of the home of a former aide. Fujimori, who is also on trial for other charges including the massacre of citizens, immediately appealed against the ruling.

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Yamasaki returns to Japan after trip to North Korea

NARITA, Japan - Taku Yamasaki (C), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media on arrival at the Narita International Airport outside of Tokyo on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month.

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N. Korea wants 6-way talks soon: Yamasaki

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media in Beijing on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month.

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N. Korea wants 6-way talks soon: Yamasaki

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki (R), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media in Beijing on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month.

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Cang Xinshu (center in front row) and six other plaintiffs walk to the Nagano District Court to hear court ruling on their damages suit on March 10. The court later dismissed the suit in which they had demanded that the state pay 40 million yen in compensation. Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.''

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Campaign starts for S. Korea's National Assembly

SEOUL, South Korea - A candidate vying for a seat in South Korea's National Assembly stumps in Seoul on April 2 as the official campaign for the April 15 election begins. The election will be held at a crucial time, with the fate of impeached President Roh Moo Hyun hinging on a Constitutional Court's ruling within six months.

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Candidate backed by key parties wins race for Kyoto governor

KYOTO, Japan - Keiji Yamada raises a bunch of flowers at his election campaign office in the city of Kyoto on April 7 after winning the Kyoto gubernatorial election. Yamada, backed by six ruling and opposition parties, beat three other candidates.

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Zhu meets LDP's Nonaka

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (R) shakes hands with Hiromu Nonaka, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, before their talks at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on Oct. 14 as part of his meetings with Japanese ruling and opposition party leaders. Zhu arrived in Tokyo on Oct. 12 for a six-day official visit to Japan.

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Kono, Tang begin talks aimed at deepening ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan shake hands at the outset of talks May 10 in Tokyo. Tang, who arrived in Japan earlier in the day for a four-day visit, is scheduled to meet May 11 with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and leaders of six Japanese ruling and opposition parties.

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China's Foreign Minister Tang arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - China's Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrives in Japan on May 10 for talks later in the day with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on the timing of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to Japan. During his four-day visit, Tang will also meet Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and leaders of six ruling and opposition parties.

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Sarkozy Sentenced To One Year In Prison

File photo dated March 24, 2012 of France's incumbent President and UMP ruling candidate for 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a campaign meeting on in Rueil-Malmaison, outside Paris, France. A French court Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, and sentenced him to one year in prison. The verdict came six months after Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy, who spent nearly twice the legal limit on his failed bid for a second term in office, wasn't present at the Paris court for the announcement of the verdict. If Sarkozy's appeal is unsuccessful, he could serve a year at home with an electronic tag, rather than go to prison. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Sarkozy Sentenced To One Year In Prison

File photo dated April 2, 2012 of France's incumbent President and right-wing ruling party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate for the French 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy is pictured during a campaign meeting in Nancy, eastern France. A French court Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, and sentenced him to one year in prison. The verdict came six months after Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy, who spent nearly twice the legal limit on his failed bid for a second term in office, wasn't present at the Paris court for the announcement of the verdict. If Sarkozy's appeal is unsuccessful, he could serve a year at home with an electronic tag, rather than go to prison. Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sarkozy Sentenced To One Year In Prison

File photo dated April 24, 2012 of French incumbent President and UMP ruling party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election during a campaign meeting in Longjumeau, France. A French court Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, and sentenced him to one year in prison. The verdict came six months after Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy, who spent nearly twice the legal limit on his failed bid for a second term in office, wasn't present at the Paris court for the announcement of the verdict. If Sarkozy's appeal is unsuccessful, he could serve a year at home with an electronic tag, rather than go to prison. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sarkozy Sentenced To One Year In Prison

File photo dated April 2, 2012 of France's incumbent President and right-wing ruling party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate for the French 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy is pictured during a campaign meeting in Nancy, eastern France. A French court Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, and sentenced him to one year in prison. The verdict came six months after Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy, who spent nearly twice the legal limit on his failed bid for a second term in office, wasn't present at the Paris court for the announcement of the verdict. If Sarkozy's appeal is unsuccessful, he could serve a year at home with an electronic tag, rather than go to prison. Photo by Christophe Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sarkozy Sentenced To One Year In Prison

File photo dated March 3, 2012 of French President and France's ruling party UMP candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy is pictured during a campaign meeting in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, France. A French court Thursday convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy of illegal campaign financing over massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign, and sentenced him to one year in prison. The verdict came six months after Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption in a separate trial. Sarkozy, who spent nearly twice the legal limit on his failed bid for a second term in office, wasn't present at the Paris court for the announcement of the verdict. If Sarkozy's appeal is unsuccessful, he could serve a year at home with an electronic tag, rather than go to prison. Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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One Year In Prison Including Six Months Firm Required Against Nicolas Sarkozy

File photo - French President and France's ruling party UMP candidate for the 2012 French presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy is pictured during a campaign meeting in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, France on March 3, 2012. - One year in prison, six months of which were required against former President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of the Bygmalion trial. The prosecutors, who delivered an indictment lasting more than five hours, also demanded a fine of 3,750 euros against Nicolas Sarkozy. The former president was on trial for illegal financing for the 2012 presidential campaign. Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candidate backed by key parties wins race for Kyoto governor

KYOTO, Japan - Keiji Yamada raises a bunch of flowers at his election campaign office in the city of Kyoto on April 7 after winning the Kyoto gubernatorial election. Yamada, backed by six ruling and opposition parties, beat three other candidates.

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N. Korea wants 6-way talks soon: Yamasaki

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki (R), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media in Beijing on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month. (Kyodo)

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Yamasaki returns to Japan after trip to North Korea

NARITA, Japan - Taku Yamasaki (C), a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media on arrival at the Narita International Airport outside of Tokyo on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea wants 6-way talks soon: Yamasaki

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki, a senior lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to the media in Beijing on Jan. 13 after a five-day visit to North Korea. He said North Korea wants the six-party talks on its nuclear programs to resume soon after it holds a meeting with the United States on U.S. financial sanctions later this month. (Kyodo)

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Yoshida's winning streak stopped at 119

TAIYUAN, China - Athens Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida (L) looks disappointed as her winning streak was snapped at 119 matches after a shock defeat to American Marcie Van Dusen in the 55-kilogram weight category at women's freestyle wrestling World Cup team competition in Taiyuan, China, on Jan. 19. Yoshida's stretch, which kicked off more than six years ago, came to an end when Van Dusen scored points on reversal maneuvers en route to a 2-0 ruling, sending the hitherto unrivaled Yoshida into a state of shock. (Kyodo)

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China's Foreign Minister Tang arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - China's Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan arrives in Japan on May 10 for talks later in the day with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono on the timing of Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit to Japan. During his four-day visit, Tang will also meet Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and leaders of six ruling and opposition parties.

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Ex-baseball star Kiyohara given suspended term for drug use

A camera crew gathers in front of the Tokyo District Court on May 31, 2016, for a ruling on retired baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara's drug case. The court sentenced the 48-year-old to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for possessing, using and purchasing illegal drugs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court rules 6-month remarriage ban for women unconstitutional

Lawyer Tomoshi Sakka (3rd from L) holds a banner celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, that to prohibit women from remarrying for six months is unconstitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court rules 6-month remarriage ban for women unconstitutional

Lawyer Tomoshi Sakka (C in front row) holds a banner celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, that to prohibit women from remarrying for six months is unconstitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to judge constitutionality of century-old marriage rules

Photo shows Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, shortly before it gives a ruling on the constitutionality of century-old legal provisions forcing married couples to use the same surname and prohibiting only women from remarrying for six months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to judge constitutionality of century-old marriage rules

Photo shows Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, shortly before it gives a ruling on the constitutionality of century-old legal provisions forcing married couples to use the same surname and prohibiting only women from remarrying for six months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Chinese ruling parties resume talks after 6-yr hiatus

Sadakazu Tanigaki (L in front), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, and Wang Jiarui, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2015. Japan's ruling parties and the Communist Party resumed their regular consultative meeting for the first time in more than six years, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Chinese ruling parties resume talks after 6-yr hiatus

Yoshihisa Inoue (seated L) and Sadakazu Tanigaki (seated C), the secretaries general of Japan's Komeito party and Liberal Democratic Party, respectively, and Wang Jiarui, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2015. The Japanese ruling parties and the Communist Party resumed their regular consultative meeting for the first time in more than six years, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Photo shows the Supreme Court's grand bench in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, during a hearing on a lawsuit in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Itsuro Terada (C), presiding justice of the Supreme Court's grand bench, attend a court hearing in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan ruling party leader arrives in China ahead of meeting with Xi

Undated combined photo shows Eric Chu, chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chu arrived in Shanghai on May 2, 2015, for his first visit to the mainland. His May 4 meeting with Xi, who is also general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing will be the first between leaders of the two parties in six years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo