Rainbow and Greens
Rainbow and Greens | |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Dissolved | 2008 |
| Ideology | Green politics |
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Rainbow and Greens (虹と緑, Niji to Midori) was a Green political organization in Japan from 1998–2008. It was a nationwide network of prefectural assembly members, usually running on local platforms variously named as "living citizen network", "living club", "living cooperative" or the Rainbow and Greens 500-Member List Movement . It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Green Network. The national spokespersons for the party were [1], former Shizuoka Prefecture assembly member and the city councillor Mutsuko Katsura [2] in Ibaraki, Osaka.
The symbol of the "rainbow" represents diversity, solidarity and the cooperation which respect personal differences; the colour "green" signifies conversion to an economy which coexists with natural environment.
Electoral record[]
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In the 2004 parliamentary election, this network of local groups supported the Democratic Party of Japan and the conservative-leaning national Green party (Midori no Kaigi).
In the 2007 election, the party supported Ryuhei Kawada, who was elected to the House of Councillors. Kawada announced that he will organize a Green party group in the House, helping the Rainbow and Greens to become a national political party. Reportedly, the Rainbow and Greens have decided to dissolve itself in December 2007 and merge with the Japan Greens.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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External links[]
- Rainbow and Greens official website (in Japanese)
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- Green political parties
- Defunct political parties in Japan
- Political parties established in 1998
- Political parties disestablished in 2008
- 1998 establishments in Japan
- 2008 disestablishments in Japan