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Key opposition members launch joint study group

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (standing), who quit the opposition Your Party, speaks at the inaugural meeting of a group called a "gathering for breaking established interest," in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2013. Goshi Hosono (L), a former secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Yorihisa Matsuno (R), a senior member of the opposition Japanese Restoration Party, also joined.

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3 lawmakers leaving DPJ to join Hashimoto's new party

TOKYO, Japan - Three lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan -- Yorihisa Matsuno (2nd from L), a former deputy chief Cabinet secretary and a House of Representatives member, Takashi Ishizeki (far R), also a lower house member, and Masashi Mito (C), a House of Councillors member -- carry their letters of resignation which they handed to DPJ Acting Secretary General Shinji Tarutoko at the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2012. They are among seven lawmakers planning to join a new political party to be set up soon by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto.

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Japan's new first lady overwhelmed with joy

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (L), who became Japan's first lady after her husband Yukio Hatoyama was officially voted in as prime minister on Sept. 16, 2009, talks with Motoko Matsuno, wife of Yorihisa Matsuno, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives, after witnessing the event from the lower house's gallery.

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Nisshinbo Industries to make New Japan Radio subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikazu Sashida (L), president of Nisshinbo Industries Inc., and Yorihisa Suwa, president of Japan Radio Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8. They announced that Nisshinbo will launch a friendly tender offer to buy a majority stake in New Japan Radio Co., a subsidiary of Japan Radio.

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Nisshinbo Industries to make New Japan Radio subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikazu Sashida (L), president of Nisshinbo Industries Inc., and Yorihisa Suwa, president of Japan Radio Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 8. They announced that Nisshinbo will launch a friendly tender offer to buy a majority stake in New Japan Radio Co., a subsidiary of Japan Radio. (Kyodo)

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DPJ, Innovation Party finalize name, platform of merged party

Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (L) and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno meet in Tokyo on March 18, 2016. The two opposition parties confirmed that the name -- the Democratic Party -- and platform of their merged party to be launched on March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New main opposition party to be named Democratic Innovation Party

Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (L) and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno announce on March 14, 2016, in Tokyo that a new opposition party to be launched March 27 through their merger will be named "Minshinto," or the Democratic Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New main opposition party to be named Democratic Innovation Party

Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (L) and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno announce on March 14, 2016, in Tokyo that a new opposition party to be launched March 27 through their merger will be named "Minshinto," or the Democratic Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM encourages aspiring politician beauty queen to run for LDP

Mika Matsuno (L), winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty pageant, shakes hands with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2016. Matsuno, a 20-year-old sophomore at Keio University's Faculty of Letters, is the daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM encourages aspiring politician beauty queen to run for LDP

Mika Matsuno (L), winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty pageant, sits down with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2016. Matsuno, a 20-year-old sophomore at Keio University's Faculty of Letters, is the daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM encourages aspiring politician beauty queen to run for LDP

Mika Matsuno, winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty pageant, speaks with reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 4, 2016. Matsuno, a 20-year-old sophomore at Keio University's Faculty of Letters, is the daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party start talks on merged party name

Katsuya Okada (2nd from L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Yorihisa Matsuno (3rd from L), chief of the smaller opposition Japan Innovation Party, attend the first meeting of the two parties in Tokyo on March 1, 2016, to discuss the name and principles of a new party to be formed following their merger. The new party will launch on March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party OK merger in March for summer election

Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada (R) and Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2016, after signing an accord for their parties to merge in March, to pose a stronger challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party OK merger in March for summer election

Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada (R) and Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2016, after signing an accord for their parties to merge in March, to pose a stronger challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 opposition party chiefs to meet possibly Fri.

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno addresses a party lawmakers' meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2016. Matsuno will meet with the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada as early as Feb. 26 to formally approve a merger plan as part of efforts to better challenge the ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 opposition party chiefs to meet possibly Fri.

Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada attends a party executives' meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2016. Okada will meet with Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno as early as Feb. 26 to formally approve a merger plan as part of efforts to better challenge the ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party set to merge

Combination photo taken Feb. 23, 2016, shows main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President, Katsuya Okada (L), and Japan Innovation Party chief, Yorihisa Matsuno, who both attended party meetings. The two parties are in the final stage of merger negotiations taken in hopes of better challenging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition in a House of Councillors election due this summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation party leader proposes merger plan

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno addresses a party meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2016, and proposes a plan to merge with the Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party. The merger plan is part of efforts to better challenge the ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a House of Councillors election in summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition DPJ, Innovation Party set to merge before upper house poll

Undated combined photo shows Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno. The two opposition parties are putting the final touches to a merger plan as part of efforts to better challenge the ruling bloc led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a House of Councillors election in the summer of 2016, their lawmakers said on Feb. 23, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of opposition party head wins beauty contest in Japan

Mika Matsuno, a 20-year-old Keio University student, is crowned winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. She is the second daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the smaller opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of opposition party head wins beauty contest in Japan

Mika Matsuno (L), a 20-year-old Keio University student, is crowned winner of the 2016 Miss Nippon beauty contest in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2016. She is the second daughter of Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the smaller opposition Japan Innovation Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 opposition parties hold 1st meeting to form parliamentary group

Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (R) and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno (L) attend a meeting of the two parties in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2015, to discuss how to manage their parliamentary alliance to be launched soon. Okada said the two parties aim to curb abuses by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party to form parliamentary group

The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (R) and the Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno sign an agreement on Dec. 11, 2015, at the Diet building in Tokyo to form a parliamentary group to challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 opposition parties to form parliamentary group

Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada (R) and Japan Innovation Party chief Yorihisa Matsuno meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015, after Matsuno was re-elected as head of the smaller opposition party the previous day. During the meeting, they agreed to form a parliamentary group to bolster cooperation in challenging the ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minster Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuno re-elected leader of opposition Japan Innovation Party

Yorihisa Matsuno (L) is seen at an extraordinary convention of the opposition Japan Innovation Party in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2015, after being re-elected as its leader, beating the party's general council head Jiro Ono (R) in a two-man race. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Matsuno re-elected leader of opposition Japan Innovation Party

Yorihisa Matsuno (C) and other officials of the opposition Japan Innovation Party raise their fists at an extraordinary party convention in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2015, after Matsuno was re-elected as party leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party chooses new secretary general

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (R) attends a press conference with new Secretary General Masato Imai at the parliament building in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015. The second-largest opposition party dismissed three executives for triggering or promoting its split. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party chooses new secretary general

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (R) attends a press conference with new Secretary General Masato Imai at the parliament building in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015. The second-largest opposition party dismissed three executives for triggering or promoting its split. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party holds lawmakers' meeting

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno addresses a meeting of party lawmakers at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2015, amid policy conflict among them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Innovation Party to postpone leadership election

Yorihisa Matsuno, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2015. Matsuno indicated the party would postpone the upcoming leadership election due to policy conflicts among party lawmakers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party leader Matsuno attends party meeting

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (R) addresses a meeting of the party executives in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2015. He sought their approval for an agreement with the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan to form a framework after the current Diet session to closely discuss elections and policies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 largest opposition parties confirm plan to join forces

Katsuya Okada (R), president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Yorihisa Matsuno, head of the Japan Innovation Party, attend talks in Tokyo between the two largest opposition parties on Aug. 31, 2015. The DPJ and the Innovation Party confirmed plans to join forces to challenge the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in future elections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party leaders meet

Democratic Party of Japan chief Katsuya Okada talks to reporters after meeting with Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2015. They agreed to cooperate in mobilizing the opposition bloc to counter the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party leaders meet

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno talks to reporters after meeting with Democratic Party of Japan chief Katsuya Okada at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2015. They agreed to cooperate in mobilizing the opposition bloc to counter the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ, Innovation Party leaders meet

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (2nd from L) meets with Democratic Party of Japan chief Katsuya Okada (2nd from R), together with other senior lawmakers of the two opposition parties, at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2015. They agreed to cooperate in mobilizing the opposition bloc to counter the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 2nd-largest opposition party may disband amid strife

Yorihisa Matsuno (L), leader of the Japan Innovation Party, and Mito Kakizawa, secretary general of the party, speak to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015, after the party's supreme leader Toru Hashimoto and adviser Ichiro Matsui announced they would leave the second-largest opposition party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 Japan opposition party chiefs agree to resist security bills

The leaders of five Japanese opposition parties hold talks in Tokyo on July 10, 2015: (from L to R sitting) Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Katsuya Okada of the Democratic Party of Japan, Yorihisa Matsuno of the Japan Innovation Party and Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party. They agreed to oppose a vote on security bills submitted by the government that would expand the overseas role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opposition party to submit counterproposals on security bills

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (standing) addresses a board meeting of the opposition party in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. The party said it will submit counterproposals on security legislation to the House of Representatives the following day in a bid to challenge controversial government bills that would expand the overseas operations of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opposition party to submit counterproposals on security bills

Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (standing) addresses a board meeting of the opposition party in Tokyo on July 7, 2015. The party said it will submit counterproposals on security legislation to the House of Representatives the following day in a bid to challenge controversial government bills that would expand the overseas operations of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Party leaders debate on constitutionality of security bills

Combination photo shows (from L) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada, Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno and Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii during a Diet debate among party leaders in Tokyo on June 17, 2015. They focused mainly on the constitutionality of security bills that would expand Japan's defense capabilities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party launches new leadership

Senior lawmakers of the opposition Japan Innovation Party pose for photos in Tokyo on May 21, 2015, as its new leadership is launched. From left, policy chief Masato Imai, party chief Yorihisa Matsuno, former party head Kenji Eda, and secretary general Mito Kakizawa. Eda stepped down over a failed bid by a local party group to reorganize the Osaka city administration, with the plan rejected in a referendum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party elects Matsuno as new leader

Japan Innovation Party leader-elect Yorihisa Matsuno speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The second-largest opposition party elected Matsuno, who has been its secretary general, following the failure in a referendum on May 17 of an administrative reform bid by the party's associated group in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party elects Matsuno as new leader

Japan Innovation Party leader-elect Yorihisa Matsuno (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Kenji Eda in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The second-largest opposition party elected Matsuno, who has been its secretary general, following the failure in a referendum on May 17 of an administrative reform bid by the party's associated group in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Innovation Party to choose new leader

Yorihisa Matsuno, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks to reporters in the Diet on May 18, 2015. The second-largest opposition party started work to choose a successor to leader Kenji Eda, who will step down over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda addresses its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved his resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno (far R) is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda (L) and Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno attend its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved Eda's resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Matsuno is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Innovation Party to choose new leader

Yorihisa Matsuno, secretary general of the Japan Innovation Party, speaks to reporters in the Diet on May 18, 2015. The second-largest opposition party started work to choose a successor to leader Kenji Eda, who will step down over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Democratic Party unveils new lineup of execs

Combined photo shows (from L) Takeshi Shina, policy chief of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, Diet affairs chief Yorihisa Matsuno and Akira Nagatsuma, who is tasked with election campaigns. Maehara announced a new lineup of party executives on Sept. 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda (L) and Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno attend its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved Eda's resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Matsuno is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Innovation Party to pick Matsuno as new chief

Japan Innovation Party leader Kenji Eda addresses its meeting in Tokyo on May 19, 2015. The opposition party approved his resignation over a failed bid by his party's regional chapter to reorganize Osaka city administration. Secretary General Yorihisa Matsuno (far R) is expected to assume the leadership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo