JAPAN’S MAJOR OPPOSITION MERGER POLITICAL PARTY CDPJ AND DPFP TO CHOOSE NEW LEADER

Highlights –

• Japan’s major opposition merger political party CDPJ and DPFP to choose new leader.
• The election is between two – Yukio Edano (CDPJ), and Kenta Izumi (DPFP).
• 149 members will be joining the new party.
• DPFP leader Yuichiro Tamaki will not join the new party due to policy differences.

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ....