TOKYO • As the race hots up within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to choose a successor for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, yet another round of musical chairs has occurred in the opposition camp.
But coverage of the opposition merger in domestic media has been dwarfed by the LDP, with criticisms that the opposition switcheroo is but "pouring old wine into a new bottle".
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