DPJ Representative Election
Katsuya Okada to be the new representative
January 18, 2015, Tokyo, Japan - Katsuya Okada, newly-elected leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, anaswers questions during a news conference following a special party convention in Tokyo on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Okada, 61, beat Goshi Hosoda in a run-off vote to take the helm of the struggling main opposition party. Okada was deputy prime minister in 2012 when the DPJ was thrown out from power after the public tired of policy reversals on security and tax and a series of leadership changes. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-