Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)–Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki won a third term in the Japanese opposition party’s leadership election Sunday. In the election, held at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo, Tamaki, 57, defeated his sole opponent, Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, a member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. Tamaki won 127 of the 159 points, far more than 32 points gained by Hashimoto. Regarding his new term, which runs until the end of September 2029, as a “period for making preparations to seize power,” Tamaki aims to boost the presence of the DPFP. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Tamaki Wins 3rd Term as Head of Japan Opposition DPFP
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