Meanwhile, the DPJ's leader, Ichiro Ozawa, who used to have a reformist streak, now sounds like an old-style LDP boss.
与此同时，日本民主党党首小泽一郎曾有革新者的倾向，而现在就像一个老式自民党的头儿。Mr Ozawa had been party leader until May, when allegations of fund-raising irregularities in his own office forced his resignation.
在办公室里公然非法集资迫使小泽一郎辞职前，直到五月都他都还是党首。He stepped down temporarily as the NDP's leader to fight a new battle with cancer, promising to be back in Parliament by September.
他暂时辞去党首一职以再度对抗病魔，但承诺9月之前将重回议会。Even after he resigned as prime minister, Tanaka was head of the LDP's largest faction and was the country's yami shogun (shadow shogun).
即使在他辞去首相一职之后，田中角荣仍是自民党里最大派系的党首，是国家的暗中操控者（幕后将军）。He was also the head of a union of South American nations, a congressman and leader of the Peronist party.
在去世前，基什内尔是南美洲国家联盟秘书长、国会议员以及庇隆党党首。The opposition leader's tactics will come under closer scrutiny from voters now that Mr Abe is no longer the centre of attention.
另一方面，既然现在安倍已经不是关注的焦点，这位反对党党首的策略将接受选民更严格的考查。Alex Salmond, the party's leader, said a referendum on Scottish independence would be held in the second half of the parliamentary term.
党首亚历克斯•萨尔蒙德表示，在议会下半个任期中将举行苏格兰是否独立的公投。So far five people have been first announced his campaign for the Democratic Party.
至此已有5人宣布竞选民主党党首。Mr Fincher, a political novice, was backed by Republican operatives in Tennessee and quickly supported by the party chiefs in Washington.
Fincher作为一个政治新人，却得到了田纳西共和党的援助，并很快得到了华盛顿共和党党首的支持。