Incumbent DPJ leader Kan hopes to garner votes

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan chats with reporters before his home in the city of Musashino, eastern Tokyo, on Sept. 11, when the party's top post race formally began. Kan, 52, who has not a strong foothold in the largest opposition party's lawmakers, hopes to garner votes as many as possible in the Sept. 25 leader election.

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