Local government heads plan to launch party soon

Local government heads plan to launch party soon

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks to reporters about a plan to launch a new political party with some other current and former heads of local governments in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. Yamada said the party will announce its formal name and candidates for this summer's House of Councillors election by the end of April.

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