Hashimoto And Ishihara To Split Japan Restoration Party

TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 29: Co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party Shintaro Ishihara speaks during a press conference in the diet building on May 29, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Co-leaders Toru Hashimoto and Shintaro Ishihara agreed to split the Japan Restoration Party after failing to agree on a merger with another opposition party. The decision, reached following a meeting between Hashimoto and Ishihara in Nagoya, will end the often fractious partnership between the two outspoken, conservative politicians that started just 18 months ago. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)