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Tokyo, Japan – Kenji Eda, co-leader of Japan Innovation Party, speaks during a news conference at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan on Wednesday, November 26, 2017. The JIP, a new political party launched in September through a merger, plans to field more than 100 candidates in the December 14 general election. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
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Tokyo, Japan – Kenji Eda Co-Leader of the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan on November 26, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Eda spoke about his party’s election campaign and his plans to field more than 100 candidates which may include members of the Democratic Party of Japan (DJP) to prevent the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito from retaining a majority in the powerful lower house. The Japan Innovation Party launched in September is co-headed by Japan Restoration Party led by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Unity Party (Yuinotoh) chief Kenji Eda. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)