Japan New Party
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The party, considered liberal, was founded by Morihiro Hosokawa, a former Diet member and Kumamoto Prefecture governor, who left the Liberal Democratic Party to protest corruption scandals. In 1992, the party elected four members to the House of Councillors, including Hosokawa. Although this was a disappointing result for them, in 1993 they were able to capitalize on voter dissatisfaction with the LDP, electing a total of 35 members (including 3 who joined after the election). Hosokawa became Prime Minister leading a broad coalition, but was soon forced to resign.
The party defended the political reformism,[2][3] rights of consumers[3] and supported decentralization.[3]
By 1994, the Japan New Party dissolved, its members flowing into the New Frontier Party (新進党).
Several Diet members who've become prominent in other parties were first elected for the Japan New Party, including Yoshihiko Noda, Seiji Maehara, Yukio Edano, Toshimitsu Motegi and Yuriko Koike.
List of leaders of JNP
| No. | Name (Birth–death) |
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| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Split from: Liberal Democratic Party | |||||||
| 1 | Morihiro Hosokawa (b. 1938) File:Emblem of the Prime Minister of Japan.svg |
File:Morihiro Hosokawa cropped 2 Morihiro Hosokawa 19930809.jpg | Rep for Kumamoto 1st |
22 May 1992 | 9 December 1994 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Miyazawa 1991–93 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | himself 1993–94Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Hata 1994 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Murayama 1994–96 | ||||||
| Successor party: New Frontier Party | |||||||
Election results
House of Representatives
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Morihiro Hosokawa | 5,053,981 | 8.05 | Template:Composition bar | 5th | Governing coalition |
House of Councillors
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| 1992 | Morihiro Hosokawa | — | 3,617,247 | 7.97 | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 4th | Opposition | ||
See also
- Liberalism in Japan
- Conservative mainstream (in Japanese)
- Yukio Edano, is a Japanese left-liberal politician who claims to be a "Conservative mainstream" because his early political career was in the centre-right liberal Japan New Party.
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