Yosano, Hiranuma confirm plans to launch new party this week

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma, an independent who left the LDP in 2005, answers questions from reporters after meeting with former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano in Tokyo on April 5, 2010. Hiranuma and Yosano, who is set to leave the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party after severely criticizing the party leadership, confirmed in the meeting their plans to launch a new party by the end of this week.

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