Following weeks of speculation, former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda officially launched his leadership bid for the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday, eyeing a comeback that might help turn the tables for the country¡¯s largest opposition party.
Less than 12 years after he resigned as prime minister, Noda said he¡¯s ready to take the reins again.
¡°I have made up my mind that I will seek to become prime minister again,¡± Noda told reporters, speaking from Tsudanuma station in Chiba prefecture where he gave his first-ever stump speech when he ran for a seat in Chiba¡¯s prefectural assembly 38 years ago. ¡°I believe it is my role to pave the way for us to regain power.¡±
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