The Democratic Party (DP), Japan's main opposition party, chose Renho as its new leader today.  Renho, who previously served as a deputy leader of the party and a third-term member at the House of Councillors, gained almost 60% of the votes and defeated other two candidates, Seiji Maehara, a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (now the DP) and former minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yuichiro Tamaki, a member of the House of Representatives. The media reported that the recent exposure on her Taiwanese citizenship issue could drag her down from the race, but she successfully retained support from her fellow party members. For more details, please read an article in The Japan Times linked below.