JCP Koike: JCP will seek collaboration and cooperation with ‘Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’

Democratic Party Acting President Edano Yukio announced the foundation of a new political party named the “Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan”. Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said, “The JCP will work to create an agreement with Edano’s party to reaffirm the consensus that the 4-party alliance had reached over the past 2 years.’”

DP’s confusion over Hope Party angers concerned citizens

Concerned citizens, who are annoyed by the Democratic Party’s confusion in regard to the foundation of Tokyo governor’s Hope Party, marched in demonstration on a street in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

DP will merge with new rightist party, betraying its promise to concerned citizens

to concerned citizens The Democratic Party decided to merge with Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko’s new political party, the Hope Party. With this, DP’s newly-elected leader Maehara Seiji will virtually disband the DP.