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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

TOKYO, Japan, March 23 Kyodo -Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.(Kyodo)

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.

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Football: Ex-Japan captain Miyamoto heads governing body

Former Samurai Blue captain Tsuneyasu Miyamoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2024, after assuming the post of Japan Football Association president for a two-year term.

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Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

STORY: Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council DATELINE: June 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UNGA Hall 2. various of handing out of ballot papers 3. wide shot of showing of ballot boxes 4. various of delegates 5. various of collecting of ballot papers 6. SOUNDBITE (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly 7. various of elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council applauding STORYLINE: Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday for a two-year term. SOUNDBITE (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly "Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia are elected members of the Security Council for the two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2024." The five newly elected members

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5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council

STORY: 5 countries start responsibilities as newly elected members of UN Security Council DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UN headquarters 2. various of the ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE (English): AKAN RAKHMETULLIN, Kazakhstan's permanent representative to the UN 4. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Five countries -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland -- on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Their two-year term officially started on Jan. 1, but the first business day of the Security Council for 2023 after the New Year holiday break is Tuesday, Jan. 3. A flag installation ceremony was held to mark the start of their responsibilities. The ceremony was initiated by Kazakhstan in 2018. Kazakhstan's permanent representative Akan Rakhmetullin, who presided over the ceremony, voiced confidence that the five new council members will bring much depth and

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New Komeito chief Yamaguchi secures 4th term until 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), head of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a Komeito party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2014, after Yamaguchi secured a fourth two-year term as party leader until September 2016.

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New Komeito chief Yamaguchi secures another term

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party chief Natsuo Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014, after securing another two-year term until September 2016. No other candidates filed for the party's presidential election.

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Japan elected as nonpermanent member of UNSC for 2009-2010 term

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Yukio Takasu speaks to reporters in New York on Oct. 17 after the U.N. General Assembly elected Japan and four other countries as nonpermanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms beginning in January 2009.

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Ota reelected as New Komeito leader for 2nd two-year term

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 16 after he won uncontested a second two-year term as leader of the New Komeito party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12 after being appointed as president of the Japan Football Association by JFA Council. Inukai succeeded Saburo Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai (L), new president of the Japan Football Association, and Saburo Kawabuchi, outgoing JFA president, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 12. The JFA Council appointed Inukai as new JFA president to succeed Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA.

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Bolivia supports Japan's bid for nonpermanent Security Council seat

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Bolivian President Evo Morales meet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 6, where Marales expressed his country's support for Japan's bid for another two-year term as nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said.

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Kanzaki reelected New Komeito chief unopposed

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki addresses a national convention of New Komeito party in Tokyo on Oct. 31 after being reelected as party leader to serve a fourth two-year term.

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DPJ endorses Okada's new 2-year term as president

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, head of Japan's leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech Sept. 13 after the party endorsed his presidency for a new two-year term at an extraordinary party convention.

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Okada smiles after retaining DPJ presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, smiles after being assured of retaining the party presidency Aug. 30 as no other candidates filed to run in the presidential election by the 4 p.m. deadline. He will be given a fresh two-year term in an extraordinary party convention slated for Sept. 13.

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Okuda to stay on as head of Nippon Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), tells reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 that he will continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term.

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Nippon Keidanren's Okuda willing to remain in office

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8. He expressed his willingness to continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term.

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Okuda voices interest in 2nd term as Nippon Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (in file photo) of the Japan Business Federation, Japan's most powerful business lobby, indicated July 22 he may stay in the role for another two-year term. ''Whether president or chairman (of a company), you start to understand what you are doing in the second year and can take action on your own in the third year,'' the 70-year-old Okuda said at a press conference.

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Unopposed Doi gets another term as SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after securing her third two-year term as Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader. There was no election as there were no challengers.

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Former lawmaker Nakajima found hanged at home

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Yojiro Nakajima (file photo), who was convicted of vote-buying and fraud, was found hanged at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Jan. 6. Nakajima, 41, was given a two-year prison term last September for defrauding the state of about 10 million yen, money that was given to him from tax funds to pay for a secretary. He had appealed the Tokyo High Court decision to the Supreme Court.

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Kato to declare candidacy for LDP president

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Koichi Kato is expected to announce his decision to run for the ruling party's presidential race around Aug. 13, when the current Diet session adjourns. Kato, 60, who leads the LDP's No. 2 faction, made his remarks on the issue on a TV Asahi program aired in the morning of July 18 in Tokyo. The LDP presidential election is scheduled to take place in September, when the two-year term of the incumbent chief, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, expires.

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Al-Assoumi re-elected for 2nd term as speaker of Arab Parliament

STORY: Al-Assoumi re-elected for 2nd term as speaker of Arab Parliament DATELINE: Oct. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior shot of the Arab League 2. various of voting process 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ADEL AL-ASSOUMI, Speaker of Arab Parliament 4. various of the Arab Parliament session STORYLINE: The Arab Parliament re-elected on Saturday Adel al-Assoumi as its speaker for a new two-year term of office. Al-Assoumi obtained 51 votes at a session at the Arab League headquarters, which was attended by 66 members and designed to choose the speaker of the parliament and four deputies. After being elected, al-Assoumi pledged to work with the parliament members to strengthen the parliament's roles on the Arab, regional, and international levels. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ADEL AL-ASSOUMI, Speaker of Arab Parliament "Generally speaking, the international position, which is crucial, urges all the states to join hands. Moreover, the Arab states undoubtedly require support, as

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Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

STORY: Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN General Assembly Hall 2. various of voting 3. SOUNDBITE (English): ABDULLA SHAHID, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly 4. various of delegates applauding STORYLINE: Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. The newly-elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2023, and will serve till Dec. 31, 2024. SOUNDBITE (English): ABDULLA SHAHID, President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly "Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland are elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2023." All five candidates were running unopposed on Thursday. They will replace the outgoing non-permanent member

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS-ELECTION

(220609) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Veronica Macamo, Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, briefs reporters after Mozambique was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 9, 2022. Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS-ELECTION

(220609) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ian Borg, Maltese minister for foreign and European affairs and trade, briefs reporters after Malta was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council at the UN Headquarters in New York on June 9, 2022. Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS-ELECTION

(220609) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ignazio Cassis, president of the Swiss Confederation, briefs reporters after Switzerland was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council at the UN Headquarters in New York, on June 9, 2022. Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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Japan's largest labor body Rengo gets 1st female chief

Tomoko Yoshino became the first-ever female chief of Japan's largest labor organization Rengo on Wednesday after her promotion from vice president was approved at a regular convention. Yoshino, 55, from a labor union mainly representing small and medium-sized manufacturers in Japan, will serve a two-year term, succeeding Rikio Kozu, who led the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, as Rengo is formally known, for six years. It is the first time since the establishment of Rengo in 1989 that a woman has taken the helm of the organization that has around 7 million members.

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Okada smiles after retaining DPJ presidency

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, smiles after being assured of retaining the party presidency Aug. 30 as no other candidates filed to run in the presidential election by the 4 p.m. deadline. He will be given a fresh two-year term in an extraordinary party convention slated for Sept. 13.

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DPJ endorses Okada's new 2-year term as president

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, head of Japan's leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan, gives a speech Sept. 13 after the party endorsed his presidency for a new two-year term at an extraordinary party convention. (Kyodo)

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Kanzaki reelected New Komeito chief unopposed

TOKYO, Japan - Takenori Kanzaki addresses a national convention of New Komeito party in Tokyo on Oct. 31 after being reelected as party leader to serve a fourth two-year term. (Kyodo)

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Bolivia supports Japan's bid for nonpermanent Security Council s

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Bolivian President Evo Morales meet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 6, where Marales expressed his country's support for Japan's bid for another two-year term as nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said. (Kyodo)

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai (L), new president of the Japan Football Association, and Saburo Kawabuchi, outgoing JFA president, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on July 12. The JFA Council appointed Inukai as new JFA president to succeed Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA. (Kyodo)

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JFA Council rubber-stamps appointment of Inukai as new chief

TOKYO, Japan - Motoaki Inukai speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 12 after being appointed as president of the Japan Football Association by JFA Council. Inukai succeeded Saburo Kawabuchi, who left his post after the expiration of his third two-year term and became honorary president of the JFA. (Kyodo)

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Ota reelected as New Komeito leader for 2nd two-year term

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota speaks to reporters at the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 16 after he won uncontested a second two-year term as leader of the New Komeito party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Court decides to reopen case on convicted Russian

A banner is held up in front of the Sapporo District Court on March 3, 2016 saying that it has decided to reopen the case of a 46-year-old Russian who received a two-year prison term for possessing a gun in 1997. The court determined he was prosecuted as a result of an illegal undercover investigation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FIFA executive committee member Tashima elected new JFA President

Kozo Tashima, vice president of the Japan Football Association, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2016, after being elected as the next JFA president. Tashima, a member of the FIFA executive committee, will formally take office on March 27, when he replaces Kuniya Daini for a two-year term. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan gains observer status ahead of return to U.N. Security Council

Yoshifumi Okamura, Japan's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, attends a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Nov. 20, 2015, the first day of Tokyo's eligibility for observer status in the council gained six weeks ahead of the start of its stint as a nonpermanent member. Japan was elected unopposed to the council's Asia-Pacific region seat in October for a two-year term beginning in January, a record 11th time to serve as a nonpermanent member among U.N. member countries. Japan last served on the council until 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court upholds 2-yr term on lawmaker Suzuki over bribery

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a two-year prison term on him for convictions on four counts including taking bribes from two Hokkaido companies in exchange for favors. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds 2-yr term on lawmaker Suzuki over bribery

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (L) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a two-year prison term on him for convictions on four counts including taking bribes from two Hokkaido companies in exchange for favors. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds 2-year prison term on Suzuki over bribery

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki arrives at the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Feb. 26 to hear the court's ruling on his appeal against a November 2004 Tokyo District Court decision. The high court upheld a two-year prison term on him for convictions on four counts including taking bribes from two Hokkaido companies in exchange for favors. (Kyodo)

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New Komeito chief Yamaguchi secures another term

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party chief Natsuo Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014, after securing another two-year term until September 2016. No other candidates filed for the party's presidential election. (Kyodo)

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Komeito party head Yamaguchi secures 5th term until 2018

Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the Komeito party, which forms a ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party, is seen at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2016, after securing a fifth two-year term as party leader that lasts until September 2018. Yamaguchi, 64, was the only person to file his candidacy the same day for a party leadership contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-lawmaker Kondo gets suspended term for vote-buying

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Kondo, a former House of Representatives lawmaker of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, leaves the Nagoya District Court May 25 after receiving a two-year prison term, suspended for five years, for vote-buying in last November's election. (Kyodo)

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Okuda to stay on as head of Nippon Keidanren

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), tells reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 22 that he will continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Keidanren's Okuda willing to remain in office

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8. He expressed his willingness to continue serving in the post beyond the expiration in May 2004 of his current two-year term. (Kyodo)

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Okuda voices interest in 2nd term as Nippon Keidanren chief

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (in file photo) of the Japan Business Federation, Japan's most powerful business lobby, indicated July 22 he may stay in the role for another two-year term. ''Whether president or chairman (of a company), you start to understand what you are doing in the second year and can take action on your own in the third year,'' the 70-year-old Okuda said at a press conference. (Kyodo)

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Unopposed Doi gets another term as SDP leader

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 5 after securing her third two-year term as Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader. There was no election as there were no challengers.

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Ohashi to become president of ANA

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Ohashi (file photo), vice president of All Nippon Airways, is expected to become the airline's next president, succeeding Kichisaburo Nomura, who will assume the chairmanship upon completing his second two-year term as president in June. The appointments are subject to approval by a board meeting following an annual shareholders' meeting in late June.

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Former lawmaker Nakajima found hanged at home

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Yojiro Nakajima (file photo), who was convicted of vote-buying and fraud, was found hanged at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Jan. 6. Nakajima, 41, was given a two-year prison term last September for defrauding the state of about 10 million yen, money that was given to him from tax funds to pay for a secretary. He had appealed the Tokyo High Court decision to the Supreme Court.

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Sumo ass'n chief meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo elder Tokitsukaze meets with reporters at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 31 after being elected to his second two-year term as chairman of the Japan Sumo Association.