ニュース 2014/06/16 Gunji reelected as Chair of DPJ caucus in upper house On June 16, Hiroyuki Nagahama and Tsutomu Okubo, respectively Chair and Secretary General of the election committee for the Chair of the DPJ caucus in the House of Councillors, held a press conference inside the Diet building, and announced the results of the election for caucus Chair, which had been held as a result of the present occupant’s term of office coming to an end. They announced that the incumbent, Akira Gunji, had been elected to serve another 2 year term lasting until the end of the ordinary Diet session in 2016. Nagahama reported that as Gunji had been the only candidate to submit his intention to run by the deadline of 13:00 that same day, and that based on the election regulations, he had been elected. In accordance with the regulations, the new Chair of the caucus should be formally selected by a general meeting of all party members belonging to the House of Councillors and this is scheduled to take place on June 20.