Japan main opposition's leadership race heats up, now 4-way contest

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election is expected to be a four-way race later this month as two more lawmakers on Thursday announced they will run and attempt to revive the fortunes of the nation's main opposition party.Junya Ogawa, 50, a former parliamentary vice minister for internal affairs and communications, and Chinami Nishimura, 54, a former senior vice minister of health, labor and welfare, declared their candidacies to succeed Yukio Edano, who resigned as party leader after a poor showing in the recent general election.CDPJ policy chief Kenta Izumi, 47,…READ FULL ARTICLE