Kan, Matsuzawa vying for DPJ leadership

Naoto Kan, incumbent leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and DPJ lawmaker Shigefumi Matsuzawa filed their candidacies Jan. 9 in the party's leadership race slated for Jan. 18. The photo shows Kan, 52, and Matsuzawa (L), 40, shaking hands in a hall for candidacy filing at the No.1 residential building for House of Representatives members in Nagatacho, Tokyo.

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