Koshiishi to become DPJ's No. 2

Koshiishi to become DPJ's No. 2

TOKYO, Japan - Azuma Koshiishi, leader of the caucus of Democratic Party of Japan legislators in the House of Councillors, is pictured at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011. The ruling party's new leader, Yoshihiko Noda, tapped Koshiishi, a veteran lawmaker with close ties to DPJ power broker Ichiro Ozawa, to assume the party's No. 2 post of secretary general and to act as a pivotal figure to boost party unity the same day.

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