(2)New coalition party headed by Kumagai launched

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a new party in the ruling coalition headed by Hiroshi Kumagai, former vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), pose for photographs at a hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 25 after its inaugural meeting there. The new party was formed by Kumagai, four other defectors from the DPJ and nine lawmakers from the former New Conservative Party (NCP). The new party is also called the New Conservative Party in English. (Kyodo)

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