3 Japan opposition parties remain apart on unified PM candidate

The heads of three major opposition parties remained apart in talks Wednesday as they try to settle on a candidate for prime minister in an upcoming parliamentary vote, while one of their number furthered alliance talks with the ruling party.Yoshihiko Noda, head of the largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, has called on the chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People and the Japan Innovation Party to unite to unseat the Liberal Democratic Party from power when the vote is held, possibly next Tuesday.But DPP head Yuichiro Tamaki, who Noda has identified as a possible…READ FULL ARTICLE