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ISTANBUL Japan's main opposition party on Friday elected its new leader after a crushing defeat in recent parliamentary elections, according to a local media report. The Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) has elected Junya Ogawa, 54, as its new leader ahead of a special parliamentary session next week to elect the country's prime minister following a landslide victory for the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Kyodo News reported. Ogawa earlier served as secretary general of the