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{{Infobox political party
| native_name     = 緑の党グリーンズジャパン
| logo            = Logo of Greens Japan.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| leader1_title    = Presidents
| leader1_name     = Satoshi Yagi <br> Nao Suguro <br> Hitoshi Nakayama
| foundation      = {{start date|2008|11|22|df=yes}} <br />(Established as a political party 28 July 2012)
| merger          = [[Rainbow and Greens]]<br>Japan Greens
| headquarters    = Kōenji Bldg. 404, 2-3-4 Kōenji-Kita, [[Suginami]], [[Tokyo]]
| membership_year = 2012
| membership      = {{increase}} 1,000 <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jul/30/japan-green-party-nuclear-power Anti-nuclear campaigners launch Japan's first green party]. The Guardian. Published 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2017.</ref>
| ideology        = [[Green politics]]
| regional        = [[Asia Pacific Greens Federation]]
| international   = [[Global Greens]]
| seats1_title    = [[House of Councillors|Councillors]]
| seats1          = {{Composition bar|0|242|hex={{party color|Greens Japan}}}}
| seats2_title    = [[House of Representatives of Japan|Representatives]]
| seats2          = {{Composition bar|0|480|hex={{party color|Greens Japan}}}}
| seats3_title    = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefectural assembly members]]
| seats3          = {{Composition bar|2|2609|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}}}
| seats4_title    = [[Municipalities of Japan|City, special ward, town and village assembly members]]
| seats4          = {{Composition bar|30|29839|hex={{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}}}
| website         = {{URL|greens.gr.jp}}
| country         = Japan
| colorcode       = {{party color|Greens Japan}}
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The {{nihongo|'''Greens Japan'''|緑の党グリーンズジャパン|Midori no Tō Greens Japan|literally "green party Greens Japan"}} is an established national [[green party]] in [[Japan]].

After the electoral success of Green activist [[Ryuhei Kawada]] in the [[2007 Japanese House of Councillors election|2007 House of Councillors election]], the local green political network [[Rainbow and Greens]] had reportedly decided to dissolve itself and merge with the Japan Greens in December 2007. The two precedent organizations dissolved themselves and relaunched as '''Greens Japan''', a political organization in late 2008, under its former Japanese name, ''Midori no Mirai'' (みどりの未来 - "green future").

==History==
The party was founded in July 2012 and held its first general assembly in that same month.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://greens.gr.jp/world/english/ |title= About Greens Japan |website= Greens Japan |access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref>

==Representation==
The party has a number of elected city council members/councillors in towns and cities across Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://greens.gr.jp/english/14998/ |title= Council member and a city mayor list belong in Greens Japan |date= 27 December 2020 |website= Greens Japan |access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref> On the 22 November 2010, [[Kazumi Inamura]] became the first popularly elected Greens Japan Mayor, in the city of [[Amagasaki]]. As well as being the youngest mayor elected in Japan’s history at the age of 38, she is also the first popularly elected female mayor of the city. She won the mayoralty with 54% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://globalgreen.news/kazumi-inamura-mayor-amagasaki-japan/ |title= Kazumi Inamura, Mayor, Amagasaki, Japan |last= Rahman |first= Shabrina |date= 19 November 2020 |website= Global Green News |access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Imamoto |first= Shuji |date= 23 November 2010 |title= Ms Kazumi Inamura elected the City Mayor of Amagasaki – the first Green Mayor in Japan! |url= https://asiapacificgreens.org/news_statement/ms-kazumi-inamura-elected-the-city-mayor-of-amagasaki-the-first-green-mayor-in-japan/ |work= Asia-Pacific Greens |access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date= 22 November 2010 |title= Kazumi Inamura receives 54% of the vote to become the first Green mayor elected in Japan |url= https://asiapacificgreens.org/fre/news_statement/kazumi-inamura-receives-54-of-the-vote-to-become-the-first-green-mayor-elected-in-japan/ |work= Asia-Pacific Greens |access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref>

==Party establishment==
On 28 July 2012, the party was officially re-established under its new name by local assembly members and civic groups to run in the [[House of Councillors|Upper House]] election.

==Policies==
The party opposes Japan's entry into the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] (TPP).<ref>[http://greens.gr.jp/english/6103/ Japan must not join negotiations for TPP]. Greens Japan (official website). Published March 13th, 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2017.</ref>

The party supports a [[universal basic income]] (UBI).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://basicincome.org/news/2015/02/japan-party-that-endorses-big-has-a-new-political-platform/ |title= Japan: Pro-basic income Green Party has a new political platform |last= Yamamori |first= Toru |date= 16 February 2015 |website= basicincome.org |publisher= Basic Income Earth Network |access-date= 16 September 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Environment|Renewable energy}}
* [[Energy in Japan]]
* [[Environmental issues in Japan]]
* [[Universal basic income in Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://greens.gr.jp/ Midori no Tō (Greens Japan)] (official website)
;News articles
*[http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/?p=3162 New Green Party formed in Japan/Group seeks to reflect anti-nuclear, environmental, pro-democracy movements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094254/http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/?p=3162 |date=2 April 2015 }} (Article in Green Pages, newspaper of the Green Party of the United States. September 2012).

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