Head of influential Japan opposition party suspended over affair

A small but increasingly influential Japanese opposition party decided Wednesday to suspend its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki, for three months following a media report about an extramarital affair.Tamaki said he accepted the decision made by the Democratic Party for the People, which quadrupled its seats to 28 in the 465-member House of Representatives in the Oct. 27 general election. But he ruled out stepping down as party chief.During the suspension period until March 3 next year, Motohisa Furukawa, the acting president, will take over for Tamaki, who has recently been involved in policy negot…READ FULL ARTICLE