Democratic Party for the People (DPP) leader Yuichiro Tamaki won a third term in the Japanese opposition party’s leadership election Sunday.
In the election, held at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo, Tamaki, 57, defeated his sole opponent, Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, a member of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament.
Tamaki won 127 of the 159 points, far more than 32 points gained by Hashimoto. The DPP incumbent obtained 42 points from DPP member lawmakers, and Hashimoto 11.
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