Japan centrist opposition alliance may break up as members eye departure

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's centrist opposition alliance stood on the brink of falling apart Monday, with sources saying members who joined from the Kome

Japan’s centrist opposition alliance stood on the brink of falling apart on Monday, with sources saying members who joined from the Komeito party just months ago could leave the group. The development follows the collapse of talks on the incorporation by the Centrist Reform Alliance of members of Komeito and the Consti

The Centrist Reform Alliance was supposed to have merged by now with the remaining elements of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito.