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

Yuichiro Tamaki (R), a lower house member who led the Party of Hope, 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)