2 parties merge again vowing to scrap key part of Japan's controversial security legislation

Kohei Otsuka (L), an upper house lawmaker who led the Democratic Party, speaks during the new party's inauguration ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2018. The now-obsolete opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the Party of Hope joined forces again Monday under the new single party name Democratic Party for the People. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)