Ozawa to remain head of DPJ | 日本のニュースを英語で読むならジャパンタイムズウィークリー


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Ozawa to remain head of DPJ

Maverick politician Ichiro Ozawa was tapped Sept. 12 to lead Japan's main opposition party and challenge the governing party's front-runner in the race to become prime minister later in September.

Ichiro Ozawa, who was tapped Sept. 12 as president of the Democratic Party of Japan.

Ozawa has led the Democratic Party of Japan since April, when the previous party head, Seiji Maehara, stepped down in a scandal over a fake e-mail. Ozawa is serving the remainder of Maehara's term, which ends this month, and had to stand for election.

Ozawa was chosen by default Sept. 12 as the party's next president because no one else in the party registered to challenge him, party official Toshiaki Oikawa said. The result must be endorsed in a Sept. 25 party vote.

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