Daily Yomiuri On-Line: "As the Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) presidential election nears, what was considered the likeliest scenario--the uncontested reelection of incumbent Katsuya Okada--is being questioned by some Minshuto legislators.

...What triggered skepticism about giving Okada an uncontested ride were the remarks he made last week in the United States regarding his desire to revise Japan's war-renouncing Constitution. "