People's Life Comes First Party
In July, 2012, Ozawa left the DPJ along with 49 other lawmakers, due to a disagreement over a rise in the sales tax. Ozawa is expected to form his own party. Later that month, Ozawa formed the Kokumin no seikatsu ga daiichi (People's Life First) party, which became the third largest party in the lower house of the Japanese Parliament. The focus of the new party is to reduce Japan's reliance on nuclear power.
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