# Two candidates file for Democratic Party for the People leadership race

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- NHK News, 2026-08-07 02:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/na-k10015198901000

> Two people filed to run in the Democratic Party for the People’s leadership election on the seventh. The candidates are incumbent leader Yuichiro Tamaki and Mikihiko Hashimoto, a Lower House member serving his second elected term. Voting is scheduled for next month at an extraordinary party convention. A new party leader will be chosen there.