A decade after its formation, Nippon Ishin no Kai, the second largest opposition group in parliament, began a new era by electing Lower House member Nobuyuki Baba as its new leader.
After his landslide victory over two rivals on Saturday, Baba said there would be no basic policy changes but promised to make the party a strong challenger to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
“I’ll continue the policies of former leader Ichiro Matsui. We’ll work to be the party that stands up to the LDP,” Baba said.