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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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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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Coalition leaders meet after election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese coalition leaders meet June 26 at the Diet following Sunday's House of Representatives general election. From left to right are Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka, New Conservative Party leader Chikage Ogi, Prime Minister and LDP President Yoshiro Mori, and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki. In the election, the three-way ruling coalition won an overall majority, taking 271 of the 480 seats. However, the figure was far below their pre-election strength of 336 seats.

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Mori fields questions at news confab following election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori fields questions June 26 at a news conference at the headquarters of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following Sunday's House of Representatives general election. He attended the conference in his capacity as LDP president. Mori's three-way ruling coalition won an overall majority of 271 of the 480 seats -- far below their pre-election strength of 336 seats.

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Mori calls for continuation of tripartite coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori calls for continuation of the current three-way coalition in his first speech to kick off the 12-day official campaign for the June 25 general election of the House of Representatives, made outside Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station on June 13.

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Yokomichi enters DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Yokomichi, head of the executive council of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), formally announces his candidacy Aug. 31 for what is certain to become a three-way election Sept. 25 for the party leadership. He will be pitted against incumbent leader Naoto Kan and Deputy Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama in the Sept. 25 election.

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Koizumi joins race

Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (far L) announces his policy July 18 after deciding to run in the July 24 election to pick a successor to resigning Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, making it a three-way race. The photo shows Koizumi making public his policy at the headquarters in downtown Tokyo of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (C), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, and Gideon Sa'ar (R), the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot attend a joint press conference in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-RAMAT GAN-NEW THREE-WAY ALLIANCE-PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

(220814) -- RAMAT GAN, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Benny Gantz (1st L), Israel's defense minister and leader of the centrist alliance Blue and White, speaks at a joint press conference with former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot (2nd L) and Gideon Sa'ar, the justice minister and leader of the right-wing New Hope party, in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Aug. 14, 2022. The former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot announced on Sunday that he has joined the alliance of two government ministers to run for the November parliamentary elections. The new three-way alliance will be headed by Gantz, with Sa'ar as his second and Eisenkot in the third place. (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)

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Mori calls for continuation of tripartite coalition

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori calls for continuation of the current three-way coalition in his first speech to kick off the 12-day official campaign for the June 25 general election of the House of Representatives, made outside Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station on June 13.

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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. (Kyodo)

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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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Mori fields questions at news confab following election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori fields questions June 26 at a news conference at the headquarters of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following Sunday's House of Representatives general election. He attended the conference in his capacity as LDP president. Mori's three-way ruling coalition won an overall majority of 271 of the 480 seats -- far below their pre-election strength of 336 seats.

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Coalition leaders meet after election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese coalition leaders meet June 26 at the Diet following Sunday's House of Representatives general election. From left to right are Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Hiromu Nonaka, New Conservative Party leader Chikage Ogi, Prime Minister and LDP President Yoshiro Mori, and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki. In the election, the three-way ruling coalition won an overall majority, taking 271 of the 480 seats. However, the figure was far below their pre-election strength of 336 seats.

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Yokomichi enters DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Yokomichi, head of the executive council of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), formally announces his candidacy Aug. 31 for what is certain to become a three-way election Sept. 25 for the party leadership. He will be pitted against incumbent leader Naoto Kan and Deputy Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama in the Sept. 25 election.

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Koizumi to join race

Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R) decides to run in the July 24 election to pick a successor to resigning Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, making it a three-way race. The photo shows Koizumi preparing to speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel July 17 after emerging from a meeting of a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction to which he belongs. Seated at left is former Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka who heads the faction.

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Koizumi joins race

Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi (far L) announces his policy July 18 after deciding to run in the July 24 election to pick a successor to resigning Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, making it a three-way race. The photo shows Koizumi making public his policy at the headquarters in downtown Tokyo of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. ==Kyodo