Opposition Parties Decide On New Name After Merger

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 14: Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada (L) and Japan Innovation Party leader Yorihisa Matsuno (R) announce the selection of the name Minshinto for their new party at the No. 2 Lower House building on March 14, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. The Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party, which agreed to merge last month, will call their new party Minshinto (democratic progressive party), it was announced March 14. In English, it has been suggested the new party will call itself the Democratic Innovation Party. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)