DPJ, LP merger talks break up in failure

DPJ, LP merger talks break up in failure

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (L), leader of the Liberal Party (LP), meets with Naoto Kan, president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), in the Diet in Tokyo on May 26 to discuss a merger plan. The talks broke down after Ozawa rejected a DPJ proposal for the two opposition parties to form a Diet bloc ahead of a merger.

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