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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (L), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L on podium), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Tokyo gubernatorial race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru (L), 53, shakes hands with 82-year-old Yoshiro Nakamatsu, an inventor known as ''Dr. NakaMats,'' when they bump into each other while stumping in front of Shibuya train station in Tokyo on March 24, 2011, the first day of the official campaigning period for the April 10 election to choose the capital's governor. Higashikokubaru and Nakamatsu are among several high-profile candidates challenging 78-year-old incumbent Shintaro Ishihara.

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Aso on stumping tour

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso, wearing an aloha shirt, makes a stumping speech for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 21.

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Aso stumps in Hokkaido for lower house election

OBIHIRO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with a voter in front of JR Obihiro Station in Hokkaido Aug. 19 during his stumping tour for the Aug. 30 House Of Representatives election.

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Hatoyama stumps in Aomori for lower house election

HACHINOHE, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama shakes hands with a child during his stumping tour of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with a woman after stumping in Tokyo on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Two separate photos show Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who also heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, stumping in Osaka and Tokyo respectively Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

OSAKA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama waves at voters after stumping in Osaka on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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LDP presidential candidates stump in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Taro Aso, one of the five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, waves to onlookers after stumping in Chiba Prefecture with other candidates on Sept. 21.

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Aso speaks in Sendai for LDP presidential election

SENDAI, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, who is running in the party's presidential election, waves from a bus after stumping in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 22, one day before the election.

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Abe picks cherry in Yamagata farm during stumping tour

YAMAGATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picks cherries at a cherry farm in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, the largest cherry-producing region in Japan. Abe was traveling in the area on a stumping tour ahead of next month's House of Councillors election. Yamagata accounts for 75 percent of the nation's cherry output, and Higashine about 20 percent of the total,

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Toyota exec joins Koizumi stumping for LDP in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice Chairman Fujio Cho (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 6 during Koizumi's visit to campaign for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate running in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Koizumi casts absentee vote

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, busy stumping for the Sept. 11 general election, casts his absentee vote at the Chiyoda Ward office in Tokyo on Sept. 6.

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Party leaders on the stumping

OBIRA, Japan - New Party Daichi leader Muneo Suzuki waves at voters during his stumping tour in the Hokkaido town of Obira on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

NAHA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki waves at supporters after making an election speech in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

NAGOYA, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, governor of Nagano Prefecture and leader of New Party Nippon, goes on shaking hands with people during his stumping tour in Nagoya on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

TONAMI, Japan - Tamisuke Watanuki, leader of the newly formed People's New Party, pops into a shop and picks up a dried fish during his stumping tour in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

TAKATSUKI, Japan - Democratic Socialist Party leader Mizuho Fukushima gets a hug from one of her supporters during her stumping tour in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

KOBE, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii go on shaking hands with people after delivering an election speech in Kobe on September 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

OSAKA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada shakes hands with a voter during his stumping tour in Osaka on Sept. 3.

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Party leaders on the stumping

FUKUOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waves at people during his stumping tour in Fukuoka on Sept. 3. In his speech, Koizumi repeated his mantra that privatizing Japan's postal services is an indispensable reform.

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Okada goes on the stump in Kyushu

KURUME, Japan - Katsuya Okada, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech near a post office in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, during his stumping tour in Kyushu on Aug. 31.

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Koizumi stumps western Japan

NARA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, addresses voters during his stumping tour of western Japan at Nara Station on Aug. 31.

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Okada stumps in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada waves to the audience while stumping in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 21 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

ITAMI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) waves to a crowd during a stumping tour in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 20 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election. Itami is the home town of Environment Minister Yuriko Koike (L), who has agreed to change constituency to challenge an opponent of Koizumi's postal policy.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

KOBE, Japan - A crowd gathers at a site in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, where Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was stumping on Aug. 20 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

FUKUI, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada speaks during a stumping tour in Fukui on Aug. 20 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Party leaders take to the streets ahead of election

FUKUOKA, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima speaks during a stumping tour in Nagoya on Aug. 20 ahead of the Sept. 11 general election.

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Koizumi offers flowers at train derailment site in Amagasaki

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi lays flowers at the site of the April 25 fatal derailment on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture before stumping in the prefecture for the Sept. 11 general election.

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DPJ to field 15 more candidates for next month's election

AOMORI, Japan - Katsuya Okada, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, addresses voters in Aomori city during his stumping tour on Aug. 19. The party released later in the day a list of 15 candidates it will field in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, bringing to 287 the total number of candidates running on the DPJ ticket.

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Iraqis must be major players in reconstruction efforts: Koizumi

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaking during a stumping tour of Hiroshima on April 17, says that Iraqis must be the major players in the reconstruction of their strife-ridden country. ''It is not the United States or the United Nations that creates a stable, democratic government (in Iraq), or even Japan. The main actors are the Iraqis themselves,'' Koizumi said.

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(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition leaders started stumping nationwide on Oct. 11. Delivering campaign speeches are (anticlockwise from top right) Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe, new Komeito Party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Socialist Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai.

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Koizumi, 3 candidates start stumping for support

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R, front)Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, former Transport Minister Takao Fujii, former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Policy Research Council Chairman Shizuka Kamei and former Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura hit the campaign trail Sept. 9 at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station for the LDP's Sept. 20 presidential election.

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Koizumi to go ahead with reforms despite sagging stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his official residence on returning from a stumping trip to Oita Prefecture on July 18. Koizumi said, despite the day's drop in Tokyo stock prices to a four-month low, he will push ahead with his reform programs.

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Shiokawa suggests ODA to China 'foolish'

OSAKA, Japan - File photo of Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa. Shiokawa said at a July 14 election rally in Osaka Prefecture that it is ''foolish'' for Japan to provide official development assistance (ODA) to ''a country that may attack Japan with an atomic bomb or missiles,'' a remark believed to refer to China. Shiokawa made the comment in Habikino while stumping for the LDP in the July 29 House of Councillors election. China is a recipient of Japanese foreign aid.

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Shiina begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Mushozokuno Kai leader Motoo Shiina begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election with a speech in front of JR Chiba station, east of Tokyo, on July 12.

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Tokuda begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal League leader Torao Tokuda begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election with a speech in Tokyo's Asakusa district on July 12.

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Ogi begins stumping tour for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - New Conservative Party leader Chikage Ogi begins her campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election in front of Tokyo's JR Shimbashi station on July 12.

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Kanzaki begins stumping for upper house poll

SAITAMA, Japan - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki calls for voter support for his party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during his first campaign speech in Saitama Prefecture, on July 12.

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Koizumi begins stumping tour for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who is also president of the Liberal Democratic Party, begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election in Tokyo's Yurakucho on July 12. The election is the first nationwide poll since he became prime minister in late April.

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Shii begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on July 12.

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Hatoyama begins stumping for upper house poll

NAGANO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama begins his campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election in front of JR Nagano station in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on July 12. The election is the first nationwide poll since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi took office in late April.

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Ozawa begins stumping for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa calls for voter support for his party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during his first campaign stop in Tokyo's Shibuya district on July 12.

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Doi begins stumping for upper house poll

SAPPORO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Takako Doi calls for voter support for her party and party candidates in the July 29 House of Councillors election during her first campaign speech in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on July 12.

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Opposition begin joint stumping ahead of July 29 poll

OITA, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R), leader of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, joined by Ichiro Ozawa of the Liberal Party (R) and Takako Doi of the Social Democratic Party (L), speaks on the street in Oita on July 9. The leaders of the three opposition parties began joint stumping tours ahead of the July 29 House of Councillors election.

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Koizumi sets out on stumping tour for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - A massive crowd surrounds a campaign truck of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Kobe's Chuo Ward on July 8 to listen to an election campaign speech by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He set out on a stumping tour of the Kansai region the same day, four days ahead of the start of official campaigning for the July 29 House of Councillors elections.

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Koizumi kicks off nationwide stumping tour

KOBE, Japan - Prime Minister waves at people as he begins a nationwide stumping tour in Kobe on July 8 ahead of the July 29 upper house election.

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Obuchi seeks tripartite accord on Diet seats

SAPPORO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi expresses hope Sept. 18 that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), its coalition partner Liberal Party (LP) and their potential ally New Komeito party would agree on a bill aimed at reducing the number of seats in the House of Representatives. Obuchi, stumping in Sapporo for the Sept. 21 LDP presidential election, said he wants to see the issue settled in the initial phase of an extraordinary Diet session so that the next general election would be held under the new formula.

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Obuchi leans toward fully funding pensions from taxes

TOYAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi tells a press conference in Toyama on the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 5 that he will give positive consideration to an advisory panel's proposal in February that the national pension scheme's basic pension be funded exclusively with tax revenues. He was stumping in the city ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election.