Japan New Party

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Japan New Party
日本新党
Nihon Shintō
LeaderMorihiro Hosokawa[1]
FounderMorihiro Hosokawa[2]
Founded22 May 1992
Dissolved9 December 1994
Split fromLiberal Democratic Party
Merged intoNew Frontier Party[1][2]
IdeologyReformism[3][4]
pro-Consumer[4]
Decentralization[4]
Liberal conservatism[5]
Political positionCentre-right[6]
ColorsGreen

The Japan New Party (日本新党, Nihon Shintō) was a Japanese political party that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994.[7]

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.

By 1994, the Japan New Party dissolved, its members flowing into the New Frontier Party (新進党).

List of leaders of JNP[]

No. Name
(Birth–death) 		Portrait Constituency / title Term of office Prime Minister (term)
Took Office Left Office
Split from: Liberal Democratic Party
1 Morihiro Hosokawa
(b. 1938)
Emblem of the Prime Minister of Japan.svg 		Morihiro Hosokawa cropped 2 Morihiro Hosokawa 19930809.jpg Rep for
Kumamoto 1st 		22 May 1992 9 December 1994 Miyazawa 1991–93
himself 1993–94
Hata 1994
Murayama 1994–96
Successor party: New Frontier Party

Election results[]

General election results[]

Election Leader # of candidates # of seats won # of Constituency votes % of Constituency vote Status
1993 Morihiro Hosokawa 57
35 / 511
 5,053,981 8.05% Government

Councillors election results[]

Election year Seats Status
Total Contested
1992
4 / 252
4 / 126
 Opposition

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hashimoto, Goro; Mizuno, Masayuki. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica 's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Hosokawa Morihiro, prime minister of Japan". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Seiji Keizai Kyoiku Kenkyukai, ed. (2019). Seiji keizai yogoshu [Political and economics glossary] (in Japanese) (2 ed.). Yamakawa Shuppansha. p. 79. ISBN 978-4-634-05113-3.
  5. ^ Murakami, Hiroshi (2009). "The changing party system in Japan 1993-2007: More competition and limited convergence" (PDF). Ritsumeikan Law Review. Ritsumeikan University. 26: 30. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. ^ J. Dennis Derbyshire (2016). Encyclopedia of World Political Systems. 1. Routledge. p. 415. ISBN 9781317471554. OCLC 948171409. Retrieved 4 August 2021. A year earlier, in 1992, another center-right reform party, the Japan New Party (JNP), was set up by Morihito Hosokawa, a former LDP governor.
  7. ^ Schoppa, Leonard J. (2011). "Path Dependence in the Evolution of Japan's Party System since 1993". In Schoppa, Leonard J. (ed.). The Evolution of Japan's Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change. The University of Toronto Press. pp. 14–42. ISBN 9781442611672.
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