2 Japan parties to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (R) and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara hold a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 17, 2012. They said Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party and Ishihara's Sunrise Party will be merged ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election to counter major ruling and opposition parties.

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