Kenta Izumi is leading the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s presidential race, but the Nov. 30 election appears heading toward a runoff to determine the next opposition leader, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.
In debates ahead of the CDP leadership election Tuesday, the four candidates said they will vigorously support female members in the Upper House election.
All four candidates running for president of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed on the need to reassess its much-criticized accord with the Japanese Communist Party.