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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who leads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C), leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura (far L) and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito (far R) in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito speaks during a meeting with Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized the tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid"

STORY: Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid" SHOOTING TIME: May 16, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Slovak president-elect's speech to media 2. various of F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital STORYLINE: Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. One of the deputy prime ministers might temporarily take over the duties of Fico, who was shot Wednesday and is still in critical condition after a surgery at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica. Pellegrini paid a short visit to Fico Thursday afternoon, saying that he "spoke with Fico for a few minutes" and the prime minister was "really really tired and in a really difficult situation at this moment." There will be "difficult hours and days" in front of Fico and "I told him we stand behind

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (R), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (R, front), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (L), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-TÜRKIYE-SWEDEN-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 6, 2023. Türkiye did not green-light Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a three-party meeting held here on Thursday, but the participants agreed to meet again next Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania, Stoltenberg said. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-TÜRKIYE-SWEDEN-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 6, 2023. Türkiye did not green-light Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a three-party meeting held here on Thursday, but the participants agreed to meet again next Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania, Stoltenberg said. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-TÜRKIYE-SWEDEN-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 6, 2023. Türkiye did not green-light Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a three-party meeting held here on Thursday, but the participants agreed to meet again next Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania, Stoltenberg said. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-NATO-TÜRKIYE-SWEDEN-PRESS CONFERENCE

(230707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 6, 2023. Türkiye did not green-light Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at a three-party meeting held here on Thursday, but the participants agreed to meet again next Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania, Stoltenberg said. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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Japan, S. Korea, U.S. to jointly tackle missile threats from N. Korea

SINGAPORE, Singapore - (From L to R) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin pose for photos prior to their trilateral defense talks in Singapore on May 31, 2014. They agreed to jointly counter missile threats from North Korea, stressing the importance of sharing information within the three-party framework.

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Meeting of three party leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R), who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, and the leaders of the two main opposition parties, Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the New Komeito party, hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2012.

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LATVIA-RIGA-NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT

(221214) -- RIGA, Dec. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Latvian President Egils Levits (8th L) attends first session of the new coalition government in Riga, Latvia, on Dec. 14, 2022. Two months after the general election, the Parliament of Latvia on Wednesday approved the country's new three-party coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. (Photo by Janis/Xinhua)

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LATVIA-RIGA-NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT

(221214) -- RIGA, Dec. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins is seen in Riga, Latvia, on Dec. 14, 2022. Two months after the general election, the Parliament of Latvia on Wednesday approved the country's new three-party coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins. (Photo by Janis/Xinhua)

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NCP to merge with LDP following Sunday's setback

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Nikai (R), secretary general of the New Conservative Party (NCP), speaks at a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the party's decision to merge with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Toshiki Kaifu, former prime minister and the NCP's supreme advisor, sits next to him. The NCP, a junior partner in the LDP-led three-party coalition, suffered a major setback in the House of Representatives general election.

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Japan's Diet closes after session full of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) shakes hands with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of New Komeito, a partner in his three-party coalition government, in the Diet building on July 31 after parliament ended its current ordinary session.

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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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Obuchi declares end to coalition with LP

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (K) tells reporters at his official residence in Tokyo on the night of April 1 that his Liberal Democratic Party and and the New Komeito party are quitting the three-party ruling coalition with the Liberal Party. He made the remark after talks with LP leader Ichiro Ozawa and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki.

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LP leader Ozawa meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa stands up after attending a news conference held at his party's headquarters in Tokyo's Akasaka on April 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi announced his Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party are quitting the three-party ruling coalition with the Liberal Party.

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Ozawa ends talks with Obuchi, Kanzaki

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after holding talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki on April 1. Obuchi later announced his Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito are quitting the three-party coalition with the LP.

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Obuchi, Kanzaki, Ozawa hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, (R) and Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa hold talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on the evening of April 1. During the talks, the leaders of the three-party ruling coalition decided to put off a decision on the potential withdrawal of the LP from the alliance, coalition sources said.

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NCP to merge with LDP following Sunday's setback

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Nikai (R), secretary general of the New Conservative Party (NCP), speaks at a press conference at the Diet in Tokyo on Nov. 10 about the party's decision to merge with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Toshiki Kaifu, former prime minister and the NCP's supreme advisor, sits next to him. The NCP, a junior partner in the LDP-led three-party coalition, suffered a major setback in the House of Representatives general election. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Diet closes after session full of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) shakes hands with Takenori Kanzaki, leader of New Komeito, a partner in his three-party coalition government, in the Diet building on July 31 after parliament ended its current ordinary session. (Kyodo)

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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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Ozawa ends talks with Obuchi, Kanzaki

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo after holding talks with Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki on April 1. Obuchi later announced his Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito are quitting the three-party coalition with the LP.

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Obuchi, Kanzaki, Ozawa hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C), president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the New Komeito party, (R) and Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa hold talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on the evening of April 1. During the talks, the leaders of the three-party ruling coalition decided to put off a decision on the potential withdrawal of the LP from the alliance, coalition sources said.

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Obuchi declares end to coalition with LP

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (K) tells reporters at his official residence in Tokyo on the night of April 1 that his Liberal Democratic Party and and the New Komeito party are quitting the three-party ruling coalition with the Liberal Party. He made the remark after talks with LP leader Ichiro Ozawa and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki.

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LP leader Ozawa meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa stands up after attending a news conference held at his party's headquarters in Tokyo's Akasaka on April 1. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi announced his Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party are quitting the three-party ruling coalition with the Liberal Party.

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3 Japanese politicians meet in London

LONDON, Britain - Three senior Japanese politicians walk on a London street to hold a meeting in a hotel Sept. 17. From left are Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, secretary general of the New Komeito party, the No. 2 opposition party, Yoshiro Mori, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, the dominant ruling party, and Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Liberal Party, the junior coalition party. The three men agreed to promote policy talks aimed at establishing a three-party coalition government.