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REIJI YOSHIDA, THE JAPAN TIMES
In a dramatic move sure to change the landscape of the nation's politics, the center-left Democratic Party decided Sept. 28 to effectively disband its Lower House caucus and join Kibo no To (Party of Hope), a new conservative party led by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike.
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