New opposition party launched with merger of DPJ, smaller party

Katsuya Okada, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) who heads the newly launched Democratic Party, addresses an inaugural convention at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2016. The DPJ and the Japan Innovation Party merged into the new opposition party consisting of 156 lawmakers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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