Kan, Takutoko to run in DPJ presidential election

Kan, Takutoko to run in DPJ presidential election

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), who doubles as finance minister, and Shinji Tarutoko, chairman of the House of Representatives Environment Committee from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, declare their candidacies for the DPJ's presidential election during separate news conferences at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on June 3, 2010. Kan is widely believed to be the front-runner to succeed Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama who abruptly announced his intention to resign on June 2 after eight months in office.

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