Former Japan Party Chief Seeks Comeback to Fight Abe ‘Arrogance’

Katsuya Okada, who led Japan’s biggest opposition party to a crushing defeat a decade ago, says he now offers the best chance to revive its fortunes and challenge the “arrogance” of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition.

Okada, 61, faces former nuclear policy minister Goshi Hosono, 43, and 54-year-old Akira Nagatsuma in the Jan. 18 Democratic Party of Japan leadership election. Okada stepped down as leader in 2005 to take responsibility for that year’s election loss.