Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa to form new party

Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa to form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (C), former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, smiles after being approved as the head of a new party at a meeting at a Diet facility in Tokyo on July 4, 2012. Ozawa and lawmakers close to him held the meeting to prepare for the planned launch of a new party as early as next week, following their departure from the ruling DPJ in protest at the government's sales tax hike proposal.

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