Sakigake to join DPJ, ending 7-year history

Sakigake to join DPJ, ending 7-year history

OTSU, Japan - Former Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura greets his supporters at a prefectural chapter meeting in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, of his Party Sakigake, a minor political group previously known as the New Party Sakigake, which decided Dec. 21 to join the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), effectively ending its seven-year history.

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