New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen members of the Japanese Diet -- 14 who bolted from the opposition Your Party and one independent -- pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, after launching the new party "Yui no to." Kenji Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party.

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