Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Yui no To (Unity Party) agreed Sunday to keep the word “Ishin” in the name of their new party to be launched on Sept. 21 after the two opposition parties complete their merger.
The two also agreed that the new party will have two “head offices” — one in Osaka and one in Tokyo. But the one in Osaka has been designated as the party’s “main office,” according to a statement released following a board meeting in Tokyo.
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