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The Assembly To Energize Japan
The Assembly to Energize Japan, in Japanese was a Japanese political party. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by Councillors Kota Matsuda, formerly of the now-defunct Your Party and Antonio Inoki, formerly of the Party for Future Generations. Overview After the official dissolution of Your Party on 28 November 2014, Kota Matsuda and three others, along with former Party for Future Generations member Antonio Inoki resigned from their respective parties and formed a parliamentary group on 18 December. The party was officially launched on 1 January 2015. After the 2016 election, AEJ had only two remaining members of the Diet, and the House of Councillors caucus was dissolved by the first post-election Diet session: Antonio Inoki joined the Independent Club (''Mushozoku Club'', 無所属クラブ), another small YP successor, and became an independent. (Inoki later became an independent and sits with the joint DPFP- LP House of Councillors caucus in 2019, Yamaguchi joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kota Matsuda
is a Japanese entrepreneur, enterprise manager, politician from Tokyo formerly belonging to Your Party until it was disbanded in December 2014. He founded The Assembly to Energize Japan in January 2015 and is the party leader. Career Matsuda is the founder and ex-President/CEO of Tully's Coffee Japan and ex-Member of the House of Councilors. He founded Tully's Coffeein Japan after leaving Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (former Sanwa Bank), and succeeded in growing the business to be the second largest specialty coffee chain in Japan following Starbucks Coffee Japan. After that, he was elected as a member of the House of Councilors (Upper House of Japanese Parliament) from the electoral district of Tokyo. Career 1968–1986: Born in Japan, grew up in Senegal and the United States. 1986–1990: Tsukuba University 1990–1996: Banker (Sanwa→Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ) 1997–2007: Founder and CEO of Tully's Coffee Japan 2007–2009: Tully's Coffee International, President of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |