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{{Infobox political party
| native_name      = {{lang|ja|新自由クラブ}}<br />{{lang|ja-Latn|Shin-jiyū-kurabu}}
| logo             = New Liberal Club.svg
| leader           = [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| secretary_general = [[Takeo Nishioka]]
| spokesperson     = 
| leader1_title    = 
| leader1_name     = 
| foundation       = {{start date|1976|6|25}}
| dissolved        = {{end date|1986|8|15}}
| split            = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]
| merged           = Liberal Democratic Party
| predecessor      = 
| headquarters     = 
| newspaper        = 
| ideology         = [[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Beeman |first=Michael L. |year=2002 |title=Public Policy and Economic Competition in Japan: Change and Continuity in Antimonopoly Policy, 1973-1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHYJCUdMwxYC&pg=PP108 |series=Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=108 |isbn=978-0415249690 |access-date=July 22, 2020 }}</ref>
| country          = Japan
| colours          = {{ublist
 | {{color box|#CF0006}} Red (official)
 | {{color box|{{party color|New Liberal Club}}}} Sky blue (customary)
}}
| colorcode        = {{party color|New Liberal Club}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''New Liberal Club'''|新自由クラブ|''Shin-jiyū-kurabu''}} was a political party in Japan that was founded on 25 June 1976 as a breakaway from the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP).

The New Liberal Club formed a [[coalition government]] with the LDP in December 1983, with the New Liberal's president, Seiichi Tagawa, serving as the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan)|Minister of Home Affairs]] in the government of Prime Minister [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]].<ref name=jt>{{cite news |title=Former minister Tagawa dies at 91 |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/09/news/former-minister-tagawa-dies-at-91/ |agency=[[Kyodo News]] |work=[[The Japan Times]] |date=August 9, 2009 |accessdate=October 12, 2015}}</ref>

It rejoined the LDP on 15 August 1986.

==Leaders of the New Liberal Club==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | No.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Name
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Term of office
|-
! scope="col" | Took office
! scope="col" | Left office
|-
| 1
| [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| [[File:Yōhei Kōno.jpg|60px]]
| June 1976
| February 1979
|-
| 2
| [[Seiichi Tagawa]]
| 
| February 1979
| June 1984
|-
| 3
| Yōhei Kōno
| [[File:Yōhei Kōno.jpg|60px]]
| June 1984
| August 1986
|}

==Election results==
===House of Representatives===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]
! Election year
! Leader
! Candidates
! # of seats won
! Change
! Status
|-
! [[1976 Japanese general election|1976]]
| [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| 25
| {{Composition bar|17|511|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"|''New''
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1979 Japanese general election|1979]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Seiichi Tagawa]]
| 31
| {{Composition bar|4|511|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{decrease}} 13
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1980 Japanese general election|1980]]
| 25
| {{Composition bar|12|511|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{increase}} 8
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1983 Japanese general election|1983]]
| 17
| {{Composition bar|8|511|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{decrease}} 4
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
! [[1986 Japanese general election|1986]]
| [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| 12
| {{Composition bar|6|512|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Government}}
|}

===House of Councillors ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]]
! rowspan=2 | Election year
! rowspan=2 | Leader
! colspan=2 | Seats
! rowspan=2 | Status
|-
! Total
! Contested
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[1977 Japanese House of Councillors election|1977]]
| [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| {{Composition bar|3|252|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{Composition bar|3|126|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1980 Japanese House of Councillors election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Seiichi Tagawa]]
| {{Composition bar|2|252|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|126|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1983 Japanese House of Councillors election|1983]]
| {{Composition bar|3|252|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2|126|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1986 Japanese House of Councillors election|1986]]
| [[Yōhei Kōno]]
| {{Composition bar|1|252|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|126|hex={{party color|New Liberal Club}}}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web |script-title=ja:新自由クラブ関係文書 |language=ja |url=http://ndl.go.jp/jp/data/kensei_shiryo/kensei/shinnjiyuukurabu.html |accessdate=19 January 2009 |publisher=[[National Diet Library]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612214330/http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/data/kensei_shiryo/kensei/shinnjiyuukurabu.html |archive-date=12 June 2008 }}

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{{Japan political parties}}

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[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1986]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1976]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:1986 disestablishments in Japan]]

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