The Yūshi no Kai (; ) is a
parliamentary group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...
of the
Japanese House of Representatives.
History
The group was formed on November 4, 2021, and submitted a notice of formation of the parliamentary group to the secretariat of the House of Representatives, which was accepted.
It is composed of five
independent
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members of the
opposition who were elected in the
2021 general election, and all five have experience of belonging to the
Democratic Party of Japan
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Democratic Party, and
Kibō no Tō
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.
The spokesperson of the group is
Shuji Kira from Oita 1st District. On November 4, 2021, Shuji Kira said, "It's a blank slate. We'll think about it while checking the situation”
when asked if he would form a unified parliamentary group with the
Constitutional Democratic Party
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.
Parliamentarians from the group
Hirobumi Niki representative of
Tokushima 1st district left the group and joined the
LDP in September 2023.
See also
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Parliamentary group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...
References
External links
{{Political parties in Japan
List of parliamentary members by parliamentary group
Political parties established in 2021
2021 establishments in Japan
Centrist parties in Japan