The was a Japanese
political party
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that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994.
The party, considered liberal, was founded by
Morihiro Hosokawa
is a Japanese politician and noble who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994, leading a coalition government which was the first non- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955. After a funding scandal in early 1994, h ...
, a former Diet member and
Kumamoto Prefecture
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governor, who left the
Liberal Democratic Party to protest corruption scandals. In 1992, the party elected four members to the
House of Councillors
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, 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
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leading a
broad coalition, but was soon forced to resign.
The party defended the political
reformism,
rights of
consumer
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s
and supported
decentralization.
By 1994, the Japan New Party dissolved, its members flowing into the
New Frontier Party (新進党).
List of leaders of JNP
Election results
House of Representatives
House of Councillors
See also
*
Liberalism in Japan
*
Conservative mainstream
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It was founded in 1996. It is now aligned closely to the Tory Reform Group
The Tory Reform Group (TRG) is a pressure group ...
(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.
References
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