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Hiranuma's party to pursue 'medium welfare, medium cost-bearing'

TOKYO, Japan - Former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 8, 2010, after a meeting with the prospective founding members of the new party called ''Tachiagare Nippon'' (Stand Up, Japan). Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano, former Liberal Democratic Party Acting Secretary General Hiroyuki Sonoda, former Cabinet Office senior vice minister Yoshio Nakagawa and former transport minister Takao Fujii took part in the meeting to discuss the policies of the party, which will be headed by Hiranuma. (Kyodo)