Prime Minister Taro Aso and other members of the House of Representatives raise banzai cheers at the lower house on July 21, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan....
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso stands after the House of Representatives approved the dissolution of the parliament during its plenary sessiion in...
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso leads "Banzai" after the House of Representatives approved the dissolution of the parliament during its plenary...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Kanako Otsuji, member of the House of Representatives for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, poses for a portrait in Tokyo, Japan, on...
Financial Minister Kaoru Yosano attends the Committee of Audit and Oversight of Administration at the House of Representatives on June 24, 2009 in...
Financial Minister Kaoru Yosano attends the Committee of Audit and Oversight of Administration at the House of Representatives on June 24, 2009 in...
Japan's House of Representatives adopts at a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017 a resolution condemning North Korea's launch of an...
Japan's House of Representatives adopts at a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017 a resolution condemning North Korea's launch of an...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2017. The lower house adopted a resolution...
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, President of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Attends an Internal Affairs and Communications Committee meeting at the House of...
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, President of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Attends an Internal Affairs and Communications Committee meeting at the House of...
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, President of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Attends an Internal Affairs and Communications Committee meeting at the House of...
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, President of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Attends an Internal Affairs and Communications Committee meeting at the House of...
Internal Affairs Minister Kunio Hatoyama and Prime Minister Taro Aso sit in the House of Representatives on June 11, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Hatoyama...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, House of Representatives speaker Tadamori Oshima, House of Councillors speaker Chuichi Date, Chief Cabinet...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, House of Representatives speaker Tadamori Oshima, House of Councillors speaker Chuichi Date, House of...
Hiroyuki Hosoda , a veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who heads the party's panel promoting constitutional reform, speaks at its meeting...
Hiroyuki Hosoda, a veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who heads the party's panel promoting constitutional reform, speaks at its meeting which...
House of Representatives members arrive at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1 after the lower house election the previous month. ==Kyodo
House of Representatives member, Yuichiro Tamaki, of the opposition Party of Hope, address a party meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 10 after he was selected...
Yuichiro Tamaki and Hiroshi Ogushi, House of Representatives members from the opposition Party of Hope, shake hands during a party meeting in Tokyo...
Hiroshi Ogushi and Yuichiro Tamaki, House of Representatives lawmakers of the Party of Hope, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2017. The...
Hiroshi Ogushi and Yuichiro Tamaki, House of Representatives lawmakers of the Party of Hope, shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2017. The two threw...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone smiles at a press conference in the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party as Premier Nakasone...
Re-elected Speaker of House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima acknowledges during the Lower House plenary session at the Diet Building on November...
Lawmakers attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2017. The parliament re-elected Shinzo Abe as Japanese prime...
Lawmakers attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2017. The parliament re-elected Shinzo Abe as Japanese prime...
Undated file photo shows former Japanese lawmaker Mayuko Toyota, who lost her Diet seat in the House of Representatives election on Oct. 22 following...
Member of the House of Representatives Akira Amari attends the red carpet of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills on October...
Member of the House of Representatives Akira Amari attends the red carpet of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills on October...
Combined photo shows the reactions during vote counting in Japan's House of Representatives election on Oct. 22 of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Party...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 22 as reports of House of Representative...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 23 a day after their ruling coalition's win...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi discuss policy coordination in Tokyo on Oct. 23 a day after their ruling...
Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23 after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election...
Shiori Yamao, hit by allegations of an extramarital affair, celebrates on Oct. 23 after retaining her seat in the House of Representatives election...
Mayuko Toyoda, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who made headlines after allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary,...
Mayuko Toyoda, a former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker who made headlines after allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary,...
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano attaches a rosette to the name of a CDPJ candidate who is expected to win in the House of...
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano and his deputy Akira Nagatsuma attach a rosette to the name of a CDPJ candidate who is...
Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi attaches a rosette to the name of a Komeito candidate who is expected to win in the House of Representatives...
Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi attaches a rosette to the name of a Komeito candidate who is expected to win in the House of Representatives...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who doubles as head of the new Party of Hope, appears dispirited during a press conference in Paris on Oct. 22 after seeing...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who doubles as head of the new Party of Hope, speaks at a press conference in Paris on Oct. 22 after seeing reports on the...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attaches a paper flower to the name of an LDP...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who doubles as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, attaches a paper flower to the name of an LDP...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo just before polls close for the House of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo just before polls close for the House of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters the headquarters of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo just before polls close for the House of...
Vote is cast in the House of Representatives election in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2017. ==Kyodo
Voters walk to a polling station in the rain for the House of Representatives election in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2017. ==Kyodo
Voters cast their ballots in the House of Representatives election in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2017. ==Kyodo
