Japan’s Democratic Party for the People will nominate its head Yuichiro Tamaki for the premiership vote as planned following a report about his personal life.

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extra-marital affair with a model was "basically true".

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of Japan’s kingmaking opposition party, confirms tabloid report of affair as pressure mounts

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the small but influential opposition Democratic Party for the People, on Monday admitted to an extramarital