TOKYO -- Kenta Izumi will face the daunting task of rebuilding Japan's Constitutional Democratic Party into a formidable political force after its lackluster performance in the October general election.
The 47-year-old Izumi -- who replaces the resigning Yukio Edano as party leader -- plans to do so by shedding the top opposition party's image as "an incessant critic" of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He wants to win over voters with attractive policy proposals instead.
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