DPJ leader Kaieda loses lower house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, holds a press conference at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district past midnight of Dec. 14, 2014, after losing in his single-seat constituency. Kaieda also failed to retain his seat under the proportional representation system, marking the first time since 1949 that the leader of the largest opposition party in Japan has lost his or her seat in the lower house election.

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