New Komeito chief Yamaguchi secures 4th term until 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), head of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a Komeito party convention in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2014, after Yamaguchi secured a fourth two-year term as party leader until September 2016.

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