Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid internal strife

Undated combined photo shows Japan Innovation Party supreme adviser Toru Hashimoto (L) and adviser Ichiro Matsui. The two members of the second-largest opposition party expressed their intention on Aug. 27, 2015, to step down amid internal strife over support offered by the party's secretary general to a mayoral candidate without official party endorsement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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