THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 20, 2020 at 17:38 JST
Yukio Edano, head of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a party gathering on Aug. 19. (Kotaro Ebara)
Japan’s two largest opposition parties are on the verge of merging, in a bid to challenge the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the next Lower House election. [Read More]
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