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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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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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Japanese lawmakers, Chinese political adviser discuss bilateral ties

Yoshihisa Inoue (L), secretary general of Japan's Komeito party, and Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in China's Communist Party leadership, shake hands before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2015. The three-way meeting was also attended by Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, the major party in Japan's ruling coalition with Komeito. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmakers, Chinese political adviser discuss bilateral ties

Sadakazu Tanigaki (L), secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Yu Zhengsheng, ranked fourth in China's Communist Party leadership, shake hands before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2015. The three-way meeting was also attended by Yoshihisa Inoue, secretary general of the Komeito party, the LDP's junior coalition partner. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==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.