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On March 22, DPJ Secretary General Yukio Edano met with Vision of Reform President Toshihide Muraoka. They agreed that four [of the five] Lower House members belonging to the Vision of Reform party will join the new party, ‘Minshinto / The Democratic Party’, which will be launched in an inaugural convention on March 27.
After the meeting Edano told reporters, “We, the Democratic Party of Japan, have continued to urge the Vision of Reform to join forces with us when we launch the new party. Today, Muraoka informed us that four members of his party will join us to form the Democratic Party on March 27.” He went on to say, “I have high hopes that this will contribute to creating greater strength and breadth in the new party, as we position ourselves in the movement toward changing the political status quo.”
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