Maehara loses leader race

Maehara loses leader race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) reacts after he failed to survive the first vote of a leadership election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda won a runoff later that day with industry minister Banri Kaieda to succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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