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Japan's new opposition party

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (C), Komeito party head Tetsuo Saito (2nd from R) and other executives of the two parties pose after announcing the name of their new political party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2026.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Combined photo shows Yoshihiko Noda (top), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, speaking to reporters following their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, speaks to reporters following a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Combined photo shows Yoshihiko Noda (L), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, heading for a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party ahead of a possible snap general election.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, heads for a meeting with Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general election.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda (front), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with Tetsuo Saito, leader of the Komeito party, formerly a longtime ruling coalition partner, at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general election.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda (R), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito (L) are pictured ahead of their talks at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the talks, the two parties decided to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general election.

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Japan's main opposition CDPJ, Komeito to form new party

Yoshihiko Noda (C), leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and Komeito party leader Tetsuo Saito (2nd from L), alongside other party executives, hold a meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2026. During the meeting, the two parties agreed to form a new party ahead of a looming snap general election.

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Japan Innovation Party leader Yoshimura

Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the second largest opposition force, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Oct, 15, 2025, following his meeting with new ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, alongside JIP co-leader Fumitake Fujita. The two parties agreed to begin talks on forming a coalition government.

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Nonpartisan meeting over imperial succession

Lawmakers of Japanese ruling and opposition parties resume a meeting in Tokyo on May 17, 2024, after a hiatus of about two years and four months to discuss ways to ensure stable imperial succession.

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Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election

STORY: Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election SHOOTING TIME: March 9, 2024 DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting, count of votes and announcement of the result STORYLINE: Ruling coalition candidate Asif Ali Zardari won the presidential election of Pakistan with an overwhelming lead on Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said. Zardari got 255 votes in the joint session of the two houses of the parliament, including the Senate and the National Assembly, 43 votes from the eastern Punjab province, eight from the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 47 votes from the southwest Balochistan province and 58 votes from the southern Sindh province. Zardari's rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, joint candidate of the opposition parties, secured a total of 181 vot

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Haul Transport Grinds To A Halt In Dhaka Terminals

Long-route buses remain parked inside the Sayedabad Intercity Bus terminal during the nationwide blockade called by oppositions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 22, 2023. Due to passenger shortage amid the two-day blockade called by the BNP and like-minded parties, most long-distance coaches did not leave the capital's bus terminals. BNP and like-minded opposition parties have called a countrywide blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways to press home their one-point demand ahead of the national election. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BNP Calls Nationwide Strike Sunday - Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit gather along a street as they inspect a protest site after Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists held a rally amid the ongoing nationwide strike in Dhaka on October 29, 2023.. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied on October 28, to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on October 29, 2023, to protest the violence. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Early voting begins at Turkish points of entry

STORY: Early voting begins at Turkish points of entry DATELINE: April 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul Airport in Türkiye 2. various of ballot boxes set up at Istanbul airport 3. various of Turkish citizens living abroad voting at the ballot boxes set up at Istanbul Airport 4. various of the ballot papers for voting Turkish presidential and parliamentary STORYLINE: Turkish citizens living abroad started to cast their ballots Thursday for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled on May 14 at Türkiye's airports and border gates. Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking a new five-year term against his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is running as the presidential candidate for an alliance of opposition parties. Recent polls suggest it will be a tight race between the two major candidates, who are both campaigning to improve the quality of life for

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Japan opposition party decides to dissolve

OSAKA, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara, one of the two co-heads of the Japan Restoration Party, is projected on a screen via video link at an extraordinary party meeting held in Osaka on June 22, 2014. The opposition party decided at the meeting to dissolve with its two co-leaders, Ishihara, former Tokyo governor, and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, set to lead separate parties.

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Japan opposition party decides to dissolve

OSAKA, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara, one of the two co-heads of the Japan Restoration Party, is projected on a screen via video link at an extraordinary party meeting held in Osaka on June 22, 2014. The opposition party decided at the meeting to dissolve with its two co-leaders, Ishihara, former Tokyo governor, and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, set to lead separate parties.

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Japan opposition party decides to dissolve

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto, one of the two co-heads of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks at an extraordinary party meeting in Osaka on June 22, 2014. The opposition party decided at the meeting to dissolve with its two co-leaders, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Hashimoto, Osaka mayor, set to lead separate parties.

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Japan opposition party decides to dissolve

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto, one of the two co-heads of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks at an extraordinary party meeting in Osaka on June 22, 2014. The opposition party decided at the meeting to dissolve with its two co-leaders, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Hashimoto, Osaka mayor, set to lead separate parties.

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Nagano Gov. Abe re-elected

NAGANO, Japan - Nagano Gov. Shuichi Abe holds flowers in the city of Nagano on Aug. 10, 2014, after being re-elected in the gubernatorial election for a second four-year term. Supported by major political parties including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Abe beat two challengers.

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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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DPJ, PNP to maintain coalition gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R), who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi, the sole Cabinet minister from the People's New Party, after reconfirming that the two parties will maintain their coalition government in talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 6, 2012. Jimi replaced Shizuka Kamei as PNP chief after Kamei and the party's policy chief Akiko Kamei were dismissed from their posts over their opposition to Noda's key policy goal of a sales tax hike.

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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Regional elections across Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former health ministry bureaucrat Kazumi Matsui receives a bouquet of flowers from his supporters in Hiroshima on April 10, 2011, after securing victory in the day's election to choose the mayor of the western Japanese city. Matsui, 58, received support from the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito, Japan's two largest opposition parties.

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Salary cut for lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 28, 2011, shows Yoshihisa Inoue (L, facing), secretary general of the New Komeito party, Nobuteru Ishihara (C), secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Katsuya Okada (2nd from R) secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, ahead of their discussions in the Diet in Tokyo. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's DPJ and the two opposition parties agreed the same day to cut 3 million yen from each parliamentarian's salary to help generate funds for reconstruction work following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan-China youth and private sector exchange

BEIJING, China - Natsuo Yamaguchi (R), head of Japan's opposition New Komeito party, and Wang Jiarui, the head of the Communist Party of China's International Department, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 14, 2010. The two parties agreed that the two countries should promote youth and private-sector exchanges to enhance bilateral relations. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Opposition introduces censure motion against Fukuda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata (3rd from L) of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, hands to House of Councillors President Satsuki Eda (R) a nonbinding censure motion against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on June 11. The DPJ and two smaller opposition parties have criticized Fukuda's handling of elderly healthcare insurance and other domestic problems.

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107 lawmakers from 4 parties join group on decentralization

TOKYO, Japan - Masayasu Kitagawa (2nd from R), a former governor of Mie Prefecture, who heads a group consisting of the governors of 13 prefectures, municipal chiefs and experts, speaks during a joint meeting with a multiparty group of 107 lawmakers from four parties, including both ruling and opposition parties, at a Tokyo hotel on March 3. The two groups aim to promote decentralization.

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Japan's opposition camp demands Ishiba's resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba replies to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto (back to camera) from the opposition Social Democratic Party at a meeting of the House of Representatives committee on security on Feb. 26. Opposition parties called for Ishiba's resignation in the wake of a delay by the Defense Ministry in announcing that an Aegis-equipped destroyer had spotted a fishing boat 12 minutes before the two vessels collided.

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(3)Opposition boycotts panel debate on postal bills

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (L) and Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima join their colleagues in a gesture to show their resolve to kill government-sponsored bills on privatization of postal services at a meeting cosponsored by the two opposition parties in the Diet building on May 27.

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China's Hu, Taiwan's Lien meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Lien Chan (L), head of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, and Chinese President and Communist Party head Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 29 prior to their talks. The meeting is the first formal contact between the two parties' leaders since the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan after a civil war that ended in 1949.

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(1)Pension reform laws enacted following turmoil at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors approves a package of pension reform bills at an all-night plenary session boycotted by two opposition parties on June 5.