Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Rising-star lawmaker quits main opposition party

Seiji Maehara (3rd from R), the recently-installed leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, addresses a meeting of the party's senior lawmakers in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2017. At the meeting, the party decided to accept a letter of resignation tendered by Shiori Yamao after a magazine reported her involvement in an extramarital affair. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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