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

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

Yorihisa Matsuno (L), leader of the Japan Innovation Party, and Mito Kakizawa, secretary general of the party, speak to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015, after the party's supreme leader Toru Hashimoto and adviser Ichiro Matsui announced they would leave the second-largest opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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