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On January 22, the DPJ held a General meeting of DPJ Diet members, and approved the line-up for the party’s new leadership. The DPJ vowed to unite behind the new leadership for the upcoming ordinary Diet session, and for the campaign to achieve victory in the unified local elections in April.
The DPJ President Katsuya Okada stated, “I was able to make appointments which have realized my calls for ‘rebuilding the party under a non-partisan leadership’.” Okada proposed Akira Nagatsuma and Renho for Acting Presidents, Yukio Edano for Secretary General, Goshi Hosono for Policy Research Committee Chair, and Yoshiaki Takaki for Diet Affairs Committee Chair. These appointments were unanimously approved, along with the new line-up for the DPJ ‘Next Cabinet’ (shadow cabinet).
The updated lists are as follows:
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