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Political parties in Cambodia launch campaigns for general election

STORY: Political parties in Cambodia launch campaigns for general election DATELINE: July 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cambodian PM Hun Sen attending election campaign in Phnom Penh 2. various of the ruling Cambodian People's Party's election campaign in Phnom Penh STORYLINE: Political parties in Cambodia began on Saturday a three-week campaign for the general election scheduled to be held on July 23. Eighteen political parties will contest in the forthcoming election for the 125-seat National Assembly, which will see more than 9.7 million people cast their ballots, according to the National Election Committee (NEC). Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), attended a rally held at the Diamond Island in capital Phnom Penh. Addressing the rally, Hun Sen said the forthcoming election is a historical and important political event for the country, and that the CPP has approved its suppo

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (C) celebrates in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed incumbent Gov. Yukiko Kada (L). Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Candidate supporting nuclear phaseout elected Shiga governor

OTSU, Japan - Former lawmaker Taizo Mikazuki (R) receives flowers from Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on July 13, 2014, after winning the Shiga gubernatorial election to succeed her. Mikazuki, 43, a former Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker who supports phasing out nuclear power, won a three-way race, beating a candidate backed by the ruling parties by a narrow margin.

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Sato reelected as Fukushima governor

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) celebrates his reelection on Oct. 31, 2010, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. Sato won with support from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and three opposition parties, beating his sole rival, a contender from the Japanese Communist Party.

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Thai court dissolves 3 ruling parties

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai antigovernment protesters, who have been protesting at Bangkok's international airport, rejoice after the country's Constitutional Court orders the dissolution of three of the ruling coalition parties.

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Thai court dissolves 3 ruling parties

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai antigovernment protesters, who have been protesting at Bangkok's international airport, rejoice after the country's Constitutional Court orders the dissolution of three of the ruling coalition parties.

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Gov't to map out plan to integrate two pension programs by April

TOKYO, Japan - Government officials and members of the ruling parties discuss mapping out a plan to integrate two of the country's three public pension programs -- those for corporate and public employees -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 16. Photo shows (from R to L) welfare minister Jiro Kawasaki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka.

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Gov't, ruling parties finalize fiscal decentralization program

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers and officers of the ruling coalition parties meet at the prime minister's office on Nov. 30 to finalize a package of measures to achieve Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's three-year drive to decentralize fiscal authority in the fiscal 2006 budget. The package cuts 4 trillion yen in grants to local governments and transfers 3 trillion yen worth of tax authority to them in three years.

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101 lawmakers visit Yasukuni for fall festival

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (2nd from R) and 100 lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties drink a cup of libation after visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival. They included 93 from the LDP, three from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and members of other parties, but no Cabinet members. Last year, 79 lawmakers of the nonpartisan group visited the Shinto shrine for the event.

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Gov't, ruling bloc OK framework for fiscal decentralization

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers and leaders of the ruling coalition parties approve a framework at a meeting on Nov. 26 for a fiscal decentralization plan that seeks the transfer of a combined 2.42 trillion yen in tax revenue sources from the state to local governments in three years by fiscal 2006.

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(2)No-confidence motion against Koizumi defeated

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows in a House of Representatives plenary session June 15 after no-confidence motion against him was rejected 280-193. The ruling coalition voted down the motion submitted jointly by three opposition parties in an attempt to highlight what they claim is mismanagement ahead of a national election in early July.

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Upper house votes down censure motion against Takenaka

TOKYO, Japan - Heizo Takenaka (background), state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, watches House of Councillors members vote on a censure motion against him at the upper house plenary session on July 16. The three ruling coalition parties voted down the motion submitted by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Gov't to submit bill for SDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties speak to reporters at Tokyo hotel June 7 after discussing with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi the handling a bill designed to send Japan's Self-Defense Forces to Iraq. Pictured are Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party.

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Lower house passes war-contingency bills

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives stand up at a plenary session in the Diet on May 15 to approve a set of three bills designed to give the government more powers to respond to a military attack or threat of an attack on Japan. The ruling coalition -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party -- and two opposition parties -- the Democratic Party of Japan and the Liberal Party -- supported the bills.

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(1)Lower house panel approves war-contingency bills

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the three ruling coalition parties stand up in support of defense bills at a House of Representatives committee on May 14. The bills are aimed to give the government more powers to respond to a military attack on Japan.

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Lower house passes privacy-protection bills

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers of the three ruling coalition parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party, the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party -- stand at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on May 6 to approve a set of bills aimed at preventing personal information from being abused or improperly transferred to third parties.

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Japan coalition leaders meet S. Korea President-elect Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito (2nd from L) and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L) -- talk with South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun (R) in Seoul on Feb. 10.

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Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), leader of the New Conservative Party (NCP), the smallest of the three ruling parties, listens to an officer during his inspection tour of the 7,250-ton Kirishima, one of Japan's four Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced antimissile and antiaircraft systems, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27. Afterwards, Noda urged the dispatch of the destroyer to support U.S.-led antiterror operations in and near Afghanistan.

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Koizumi addresses New Komeito party convention

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a convention of the New Komeito party, one of the three ruling coalition parties, in Tokyo on Nov. 2. Takenori Kanzaki (R), who was reelected as the party leader at the convention, called on Koizumi to make a decision to compile a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to help revitalize the economy.

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New Komeito reelects Kanzaki as party leader

TOKYO, Japan - The New Komeito party, one of the three ruling coalition parties, reelected Takenori Kanzaki (C) as its leader at a party convention in Tokyo on Nov. 2. Kanzaki reappointed Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) as secretary general and Toshiko Hamayotsu (L) as acting representative.

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Japan's coalition leaders meet with Megawati

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (L), Tetsuzo Fuyushima of the New Komeito party (2nd from L) and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L) -- talk with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (R) in the presidential palace in Jakarta on Aug. 16.

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Lower house panel adopts medical reform bills

TOKYO, Japan -- Eisuke Mori (C), chairman of the House of Representatives Health, Labor and Welfare Committee, is harassed by opposition party members June 14 during voting on a set of bills on medical reforms. The panel adopted the bills with the support of the three ruling parties.

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Diet panel votes down Suzuki perjury complaint motion

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee stand up in the Diet on May 10 to vote for a motion to file a criminal complaint of perjury against lower house member Muneo Suzuki. The motion was defeated by the three ruling coalition parties.

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Koizumi orders ruling bloc to discuss motion against Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Taku Yamasaki speaks with the media following his meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on May 6. Yamasaki said the premier had instructed him to see the three ruling parties discuss an opposition motion calling for the resignation of lawmaker Muneo Suzuki.

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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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House panel rejects plenary vote on Suzuki resolution

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the three ruling parties vote down at the House of Representatives steering committee on March 20 an opposition motion calling for a vote at a plenary session to urge the resignation of scandal-tainted lawmaker Muneo Suzuki from the Diet.

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LDP proposes 1-yr, 10% pay cut for lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Diet affairs committee heads from the three ruling parties discuss slashing lawmakers' monthly salaries at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The Liberal Democratic Party proposed to the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party that salaries be cut 10% for one year.

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Japan coalition officials meet Palestinian leader Arafat

JERUSALEM, Israel - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties conferred with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan. 12 to express their grave concerns over armed clashes between Israel and the Palestinians. From right are Arafat, Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party. The group led by Yamasaki arrived Jan. 11 in Tel Aviv on a five-day trip to the region.

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Bill to expand SDF peacekeeping role clears Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors enacts a bill Dec. 7 to expand the scope of the Self-Defense Forces participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations. The bill was approved with support from the three ruling coalition parties and all but three members of the major opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Musharraf welcomes planned SDF dispatch to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf (L), Pakistan's president, talks with the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (3rd from L), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- Nov. 3 in Islamabad.

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Ruling coalition parties' secretaries general arrive in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan - The secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties -- Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R) and Toshihiro Nikai of the New Conservative Party (R) -- look out over Karachi Port on Nov. 2. They arrived in Karachi earlier in the day to observe local conditions after the enactment of a law enabling the SDF to provide non-combat support to the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.

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Ruling bloc mulls antiterrorism legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general (seated on right side) of the three-party ruling coalition are in talks with their counterparts from four opposition parties (left side) Sept. 27 to discuss legislation to allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support in U.S.-led military retaliation for the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.

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Ruling coalition mulling Japan's support for U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Noda (L), leader of the New Conservative Party, Taku Yamasaki (2nd from L), secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mikio Aoki (foreground), head of the LDP's House of Councillors members, and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R), secretary general of the New Komeito party, observe a moment of silence for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States before their meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 18. Senior members of the three ruling coalition parties met to discuss Japan's support for the U.S. fight against terrorism.

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Coalition adopts emergency economic package

TOKYO, Japan - Policy-makers of the three ruling coalition parties meet Sept. 7 to adopt a package of comprehensive economic measures featuring steps to tackle Japan's growing unemployment rate. Seated second from right is Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Taro Aso.

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Coalition partners urge Koizumi not to visit shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Three secretaries general of the ruling coalition parties -- Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L), Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party -- are surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after their talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. They met Koizumi in a last-ditch effort to dissuade him from visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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China's Jiang meets Japanese politicians

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets with secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties in Beijing on July 10. From L to R are Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party, and Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Japan's coalition proposes exchange project to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Han Seung Soo (R) and Taku Yamasaki (2nd from R), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands in Seoul on July 9 prior to their meeting. The secretaries general of Japan's three coalition parties -- Yamasaki, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of New Komeito and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party -- are in Seoul in a bid to improve bilateral relations strained over controversial Japanese history textbooks.

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Koizumi to maintain 3-way alliance after July election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the three ruling coalition parties -- Takenori Kanzaki of the New Komeito party (L), Junichiro Koizumi of the Liberal Democratic Party (C) and Chikage Ogi of the New Conservative Party -- hold talks at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 28. Koizumi was quoted as telling Kanzaki and Ogi that he plans to maintain the three-way alliance regardless of the results of the House of Councillors election next month.

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Japan's ruling coalition execs meet Lindsey

WASHINGTON, United States - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey (L) is in talks with secretaries general of Japan's three ruling parties -- (From L to R) Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party.

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Ruling bloc officials to visit U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) meets the secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties at his official residence May 29. Taku Yamasaki of the Liberal Democratic Party (R), Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (2nd from R) and Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (L) met the premier ahead of their visit to the United States from May 30 to June 2.

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Ruling coalition eyes early Diet resolution on leprosy

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general and policy chiefs of the three ruling coalition parties meet in Tokyo on May 24 to discuss measures to help leprosy patients. They agreed to try to immediately adopt a Diet resolution to help such patients following a government decision May 23 not to appeal a landmark court ruling ordering the state to compensate the patients for forcing them into isolation.

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Incumbent Akita Gov. Terata reelected to 2nd term

AKITA, Japan - Incumbent Gov. Sukeshiro Terata, running as an independent in the Akita gubernatorial election, celebrates with supporters April 15 after easily winning reelection in the race by beating two challengers. Terata dealt a stunning blow to the ruling coalition before July's House of Councillors election by beating Kaneyuki Muraoka, a former head of Japan Junior Chamber Inc. and backed by the three coalition parties.

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Only 4 reelection-seeking lawmakers behind Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) chats with Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (C) and Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) before the start of a regular cabinet session Feb. 21. The Yomiuri Shimbun said its latest survey shows only four out of 61 House of Councillors members of the three ruling coalition parties facing reelection this summer want Mori to stay on.

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3 coalition parties agree to have Mori stay on as premier

TOKYO, Japan - The secretaries general of the three ruling coalition parties meet June 26 to decide to have Yoshiro Mori continue serving as prime minister. Hiromu Nonaka (C) of the Liberal Democratic Party, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (R) of the New Komeito party and Takeshi Noda (L) of the New Conservative Party also agreed to convene a special Diet session July 4 to reelect Mori as prime minister.

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New Komeito's Kanzaki appears gloomy at party's poor showing

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the Buddhist-backed New Komeito party, one of Japan's three ruling parties, wipes perspiration off his face June 25 as news filters in of his party's poor showing in Sunday's general election for the House of Representatives.

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Lower house adopts 'farewell to war' declaration

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives adopts a ''farewell to war'' declaration May 30 supported by the three ruling coalition parties, but the opposition objected to it as an election ploy. Members of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the New Komeito party and the New Conservative Party voted for the declaration in a plenary session of the lower house, with the opposition members remaining seated to show their objection.

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China's Jiang urges Japan to face up to history

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) meets the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties --Hiromu Nonaka of the Liberal Democratic Party (2nd from R), Tetsuzo Fuyushiba of the New Komeito party (3rd from R) and Takeshi Noda of the New Conservative Party (L) at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on May 30. Jiang told them that the two countries should live in harmony over future generations, overcoming differences in their perceptions of World War II during which they were enemies.

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China Premier Zhu meets with Japanese ruling parties' bosses

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (C) shakes hands with Takeshi Noda (far L), secretary general of Japan's New Conservative Party, in Beijing on May 29. Noda, Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) and Hiromu Nonaka (far R), the secretaries general of Japan's three ruling coalition parties, arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a two-day visit to meet with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu.

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LDP, New Komeito ram seat-reduction bill through committee

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Sakurai (C with microphone), chairman of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law, is surrounded by opposition and ruling lawmakers on Dec. 14 after the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, two of the three ruling parties, railroaded a bill on cutting the number of lower house seats through the committee.

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Murayama meets head of N. Korea's supreme people's assembly

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (R) shakes hands with Kim Yong Nam, president of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, in Pyongyang on Dec. 3. Murayama is leading a delegation of Japanese lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties on a three-day visit to North Korea. The Workers Party of (North) Korea agreed Dec. 2 to the delegation's proposal that the governments of the two countries resume dialogue on normalizing ties by the end of this year.