Japan's opposition leader Edano to resign after failure in election

TOKYO, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The leader of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), Yukio Edano, said Tuesday he will quit the post he has served in since the party was founded four years ago, due to its poor performance in the general election.

"My inadequacy is the reason this happened," he said at a party meeting. "I apologize from the bottom of my heart to all of the party execut