JAPAN'S MAIN OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC PARTY SECY-GEN KAN APPEALS TO PASSERS-BY FOR PM MORI'S RESIGNATION ...,...

JAPAN'S MAIN OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC PARTY SECY-GEN KAN APPEALS TO PASSERS-BY FOR PM MORI'S RESIGNATION IN TOKYO. Japan's main opposition Democratic Party Secretary-General Naoto Kan appeals to passers-by as he calls for the resignation of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori from a loudspeaker-equipped van with fellow opposition leaders outside a Tokyo station February 20, 2001. (Secretary-Generals L-R) Sadao Fuchigami of the Social Democratic Party, Kan, Hirohisa Fujii of the Liberal Party, and Tadayoshi Ichida of the Communist Party. Signs that more of his friends were abandoning embattled Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori emerged on Tuesday and a pow-wow scheduled with ruling party heavyweights could decide his fate in the face of mounting calls to resign. The man in the background is unidentified.