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DPJ leadership race at final stage

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, join hands during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on Jan. 15, 2015, in Tokyo. The three candidates for Jan. 18 DPJ leadership election showed determination to reconstruct the party.

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DPJ leadership race begins with 3 candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates (from L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, attend a press conference at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, as the party kicked off the race for its Jan. 18 leadership election to choose a successor to Banri Kaieda.

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DPJ leadership race begins with 3 candidates

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates (from L) Katsuya Okada, acting head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, Goshi Hosono, former DPJ secretary general, and Akira Nagatsuma, former health minister, join hands during a press conference at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, as the party kicked off the race for its Jan. 18 leadership election to choose a successor to Banri Kaieda.

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DPJ endorses new leadership

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo shows the new leadership of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan after it was endorsed at a meeting of DPJ parliamentarians in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 16, 2014. The DPJ leadership comprises (from L) Katsuya Okada, a former party chief newly appointed as acting president, President Banri Kaieda, Acting President Yoshiaki Takaki, and Yukio Edano, newly appointed as secretary general.

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DPJ's new secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ohata (2nd from L), acting president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and DPJ Secretary General Goshi Hosono (3rd from L) attend the party's executive meeting at its headquarters in Tokyo on July 26, 2013. The DPJ approved the appointment of Ohata as its new secretary general, succeeding Hosono, who is stepping down to take responsibility for the main opposition party's upper house election setback.

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3 lawmakers leaving DPJ to join Hashimoto's new party

TOKYO, Japan - Three lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan -- Yorihisa Matsuno (2nd from L), a former deputy chief Cabinet secretary and a House of Representatives member, Takashi Ishizeki (far R), also a lower house member, and Masashi Mito (C), a House of Councillors member -- carry their letters of resignation which they handed to DPJ Acting Secretary General Shinji Tarutoko at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2012. They are among seven lawmakers planning to join a new political party to be set up soon by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.

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Tarutoko to become DPJ acting secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko, former Diet affairs chief of the Democratic Party of Japan, meets with reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2011, shortly after holding talks with Yoshihiko Noda, the ruling party's new leader. Noda, who was named prime minister in the Diet the same day, decided to appoint Tarutoko as the party's acting secretary general.

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Edano, acting secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, attends the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Edano is expected to succeed Yoshito Sengoku as chief Cabinet secretary when DPJ leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffles his Cabinet on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

CHIBA, Japan - Yukio Edano (C), acting secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with local DPJ lawmakers at a hotel in Chiba on Jan. 13, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan was expected to appoint Edano as chief Cabinet secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle planned for the following day.

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Ozawa rejects party post offer by Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a gathering of the DPJ lawmakers in Moriguchi, Osaka, on Sept. 17, 2010. Ozawa, who lost to Prime Minister Naoto Kan in the party presidential election, declined to accept an offer to become acting party president by Kan.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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Hiranuma, Yosano launch new party to oppose DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Five founding members of the Sunrise Party of Japan and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (far R) pose for photographers during a news conference in Tokyo to launch the new party on April 10, 2010. (From L) Former Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Yoshio Nakagawa, former transport minister Takao Fujii, former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, former Acting Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party Hiroyuki Sonoda and Ishihara.

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4 arrested over illegal donations to DPJ's Kobayashi

SAPPORO, Japan - Officials from the Sapporo District Prosecutors Office enter the headquarters of the Hokkaido teachers' union in Sapporo on March 1, 2010, to conduct a search in connection with alleged illegal donations to Democratic Party of Japan lower house lawmaker Chiyomi Kobayashi. Prosecutors arrested four people, including Hideki Osada, the 50-year-old acting chairman of the union, for alleged violations of the Political Funds Control Law.

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DPJ execs attend meeting with gov't

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Azuma Koshiishi, acting secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Ichiro Ozawa, DPJ secretary general, and Kenji Yamaoka, chief of the DPJ parliamentary proceedings committee, attend a meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and top officials of his government at the premier's office Jan. 11, 2010.

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DPJ President Hatoyama talks with DPJ Acting President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Acting President Ichiro Ozawa leaves the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2009 after talks with DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama. The two discussed the appointments for the new Cabinet, which is set to be launched on Sept. 16 under Hatoyama, and the party's leadership.

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DPJ President Hatoyama talks with DPJ Acting President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2009 after talks with DPJ Acting President Ichiro Ozawa. The two discussed the appointments for the new Cabinet, which is set to be launched on Sept. 16 under Hatoyama, and the party's leadership.

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DPJ's Kan, Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's prime minister in waiting, will appoint Naoto Kan (L), acting president of Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan, as minister in charge of state strategy, and Katsuya Okada, DPJ secretary general, as foreign minister.

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DPJ's Hatoyama, Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), Japan's prime minister in waiting, and Ichiro Ozawa, acting president of Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan, speak to reporters at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district Sept. 5, 2009.

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Ozawa accepts Hatoyama's offer to become DPJ secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, currently one of the acting presidents of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after talks with DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama. Ozawa said he has accepted an offer by Hatoyama to become the party's secretary general.

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Naoto Kan smile at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30.

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from L) place a victory flower on the name of a winning DPJ candidate as members of the party's top brass including Secretary General Katsuya Okada (4th from R) look on at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30.

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa smile at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30.

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa celebrate by placing a flower on the name of a DPJ winner at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30.

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa smile at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30.

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DPJ's Ozawa on general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, acting president of the Democratic Party of Japan and a key architect of the party's election strategy, smiles at a press conference before a board bearing the names of DPJ candidates at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30 on hearing media projections of the DPJ's victory in the House of Representatives election.

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DPJ's Aoki to challenge New Komeito leader

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Aoki (R), an upper house lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 24 as Acting DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa looks on. Aoki announced her bid to run against the leader of the ruling coalition's New Komeito party in the Tokyo No. 12 single-seat constituency in the Aug. 30 lower house election.

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DPJ's Aoki to challenge New Komeito leader

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Aoki (R), an upper house lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with Acting DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa at a press conference in Tokyo on July 24. Aoki announced her bid to run against the leader of the ruling coalition's New Komeito party in the Tokyo No. 12 single-seat constituency in the Aug. 30 lower house election.

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DPJ launches new leadership under Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - New top executives of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- (from L to R) Acting President Azuma Koshiishi, Acting President Naoto Kan, President Yukio Hatoyama, Acting President Ichiro Ozawa and Secretary General Katsuya Okada -- pose for photos at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on May 19 after the new party leadership under Hatoyama was launched.

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and other women are seen drumming up support for the party during a rally in Tokyo's Sugamo district on Oct. 26, 2008. Each of the aprons bears the slogan: ''Change!'' and ''A Change of Government.''

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Top DPJ execs reject Watanabe for BOJ deputy governor

TOKYO, Japan - Top Democratic Party of Japan officials -- (from L to R) President Ichiro Ozawa, Acting President Naoto Kan and Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama -- attend a meeting of senior party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on April 8 where they rejected the government's nomination of Hiroshi Watanabe, a former vice finance minister for international affairs, for the post of Bank of Japan deputy governor.

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DPJ on way to becoming largest party in upper house: exit polls

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (L), acting president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and DPJ Secretary General Yukio Haotyama smile at the DPJ's headquarters on July 29 as media exit polls show the party heading for a major victory in the House of Councillors election.

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, is seen rallying support during a meeting with wives of other DPJ legislators in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 20, 2007, together with Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and Airi Maehara (L), wife of former DPJ President Seiji Maehara.

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Kan campaigns for lower house by-election candidate

ATSUGI, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan's Acting President Naoto Kan (R) visits Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 14 for an election campaign to back a DPJ candidate in the Kanagawa No. 16 constituency of the House of Representatives by-election.

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DPJ going all-out to strengthen its presence

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- (from L to R) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama, Shokichi Kina, a member of the House of Councillors, President Ichiro Ozawa, and Acting President Naoto Kan -- attend a meeting of secretaries general of the party's local chapters in the city of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 15.

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (C) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3 as DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan (far left) looks on.

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DPJ's Ota wins in Chiba by-election

TOKYO, Japan - Top executives of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan -- Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama (L), President Ichiro Ozawa (C) and Acting President Naoto Kan -- shake hands at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on April 23 after DPJ's Kazumi Ota won the House of Representatives by-election in the Chiba No. 7 constituency.

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Kawabata to take DPJ No. 2 post, Fujii to be acting president

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker in his sixth term in the House of Representatives, said Sept. 9 he has accepted the offer of the post of DPJ secretary general from party leader Katsuya Okada. Veteran lawmaker Hirohisa Fujii (R), 72, accepted Okada's offer to become acting president, after declining to stay on as secretary general.

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(1)Okada appointed opposition Democratic Party leader

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (L), former president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Katsuya Okada (C), new DPJ president, and Ichiro Ozawa, DPJ acting president, join hands at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on May 18 after Okada was chosen as new president at a meeting of the party's Diet members.

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Ozawa turns down offer to become DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, acting president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks to reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on May 17 about his decision to decline an offer to become the party's president.

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DPJ files criminal complaint against Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (C), policy chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and Satsuki Eda (R), a DPJ member of the House of Councillors, speak at a news conference May 19 after filing a criminal complaint against Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki, alleging he illegally assumed the post of acting premier after then Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke.

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Kan seeks reelection as DPJ leader

Naoto Kan (C), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), announces his intention to run for the party chief post next month. Kan, addressing a standing committee meeting of his party on Dec. 25, is flanked by Acting Leader Kansei Nakano (R) and Secretary-General Tsutomu Hata (L).

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Kawabata to take DPJ No. 2 post, Fujii to be acting president

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Kawabata (L), a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker in his sixth term in the House of Representatives, said Sept. 9 he has accepted the offer of the post of DPJ secretary general from party leader Katsuya Okada. Veteran lawmaker Hirohisa Fujii (R), 72, accepted Okada's offer to become acting president, after declining to stay on as secretary general. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (C) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3 as DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan (far left) looks on. (Kyodo)

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Kan campaigns for lower house by-election candidate

ATSUGI, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan's Acting President Naoto Kan (R) visits Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 14 for an election campaign to back a DPJ candidate in the Kanagawa No. 16 constituency of the House of Representatives by-election. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa turns down offer to become DPJ president

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, acting president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks to reporters at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on May 17 about his decision to decline an offer to become the party's president. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Tsai meets with DPJ execs

Taiwan's main opposition leader and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (L) meets with Yukio Edano (C), secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and the party's acting president Renho on Oct. 8, 2015, at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo. Tsai said the cooperation of the two parties will help stabilize and develop Japan-Taiwan relations. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and other women are seen drumming up support for the party during a rally in Tokyo's Sugamo district on Oct. 26, 2008. Each of the aprons bears the slogan: ''Change!'' and ''A Change of Government.'' (Kyodo)

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Wives of DPJ leaders pitch for party

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (C), wife of now Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama, is seen rallying support during a meeting with wives of other DPJ legislators in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 20, 2007, together with Nobuko Kan (R), wife of now Acting DPJ President Naoto Kan, and Airi Maehara (L), wife of former DPJ President Seiji Maehara. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa celebrate by placing a flower on the name of a DPJ winner at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leaders celebrate general election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Acting President Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from L) place a victory flower on the name of a winning DPJ candidate as members of the party's top brass including Secretary General Katsuya Okada (4th from R) look on at the party's ad hoc election center in Tokyo's Roppongi district on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)