Tax Cuts Japan Joins Forces with Sun Party Third-party parties rally for the House of Representatives election

November 15, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Party of the Sun, leaves a news conference where he and Takashi Kawamura of the now- Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Party of the Sun, leaves a news conference where he and Takashi Kawamura of now- disbanded Tax Cut Japan, a Nagoya-based political group, jointly announce a merge for the upcoming election in Tokyo on Thursday, November 15, 2012. Now that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said he would dissolve the Diet, paving the way for a general election set on December 16, Japan's small political Now that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said he would dissolve the Diet, paving the way for a general election set on December 16, Japan's small political parties scramble to put forces together for a "third force" to seize as many seats as possible in the 480-seat lower chamber since Noda's ruling Democratic Party of Japan is more than likely to be elected in the next general election. Kawamura, who is mayor of the central Japanese megacity Nagoya, has decided to disband his group and joined together with Ishihara's newly-launched-liberal party. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-