DPJ, Innovation Party set to merge

Combination photo taken Feb. 23, 2016, shows main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President, Katsuya Okada (L), and Japan Innovation Party chief, Yorihisa Matsuno, who both attended party meetings. The two parties are in the final stage of merger negotiations taken in hopes of better challenging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition in a House of Councillors election due this summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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