Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada's Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party) is expected to issue an 80-point platform Sunday that will be a combination of ideas espoused by Ichiro Ozawa's Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daichi (People's Life First), antinuclear groups, renewable energy advocates and supporters of Kada in Shiga, especially women.
Several other parties are reportedly in talks to merge with Nippon Mirai, which could end up fielding more than 70 candidates by the time official campaigning kicks off next Tuesday.
Ozawa's party, as well as another led by former Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) head Shizuka Kamei and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura, are now part of Kada's force.