30 that he will leave the DPP and start his own party. Seiji Maehara, 61, a veteran lawmaker who served as head of the defunct Democratic Party of Japan, told a news conference that he will form a ...

Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) appointed party-hopping lawmaker Seiji Maehara to a key post, raising alarms both within and outside the second-largest opposition party. Maehara was named ...