Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

Ex-Foreign Minister Maehara

TOKYO, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R center), seen as a leading contender in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2011, after seeing Shizuka Kamei, chief of the People's New Party. Before seeing Kamei, Maehara met with Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling DPJ, and asked for his support in the upcoming DPJ presidential election which will choose the successor to Naoto Kan, the current DPJ leader and prime minister.

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