Japan Renewal Party
Japan Renewal Party 新生党 Shinseitō | |
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Founders | Tsutomu Hata Ichirō Ozawa |
Founded | 1993 |
Dissolved | 9 December 1994 |
Split from | Liberal Democratic Party (Hata faction) |
Merged into | New Frontier Party |
Ideology | Reformism[1] |
The Japan Renewal Party (新生党, Shinseitō,
Both reformers, Hata and Ozawa had been involved in a difficult leadership struggle within the former
In the elections immediately following the split, the JRP won 55 seats, making it one of the most powerful opposition parties. Most importantly, the party drew off support crucial to the LDP. While several other small parties had split from the LDP, Hata and Ozawa's group was the largest, and was widely considered to have finally broken the back of LDP dominance.
Known for his political organisational skills, Ozawa organised a five-party coalition of the JRP, the
As the impetus for the collapse of LDP power, the JRP was able to exert great power in the coalition. While some concessions to other parties were made, the JRP was perhaps overly dominant, eventually forcing some other members out of the coalition through its heavy-handed style. In 1994, the JRP merged into the New Frontier Party.
Presidents of JRP
No. | Name (Birth–death) |
Constituency / title | Term of office | Image | Prime Minister (term) | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||||
Split from: Liberal Democratic Party | |||||||
1 | Tsutomu Hata (1935–2017) |
Rep for Nagano 2nd |
23 June 1993 | 9 December 1994 | Miyazawa 1991–93 | ||
Hosokawa 1993–94 | |||||||
himself 1994 | |||||||
Murayama 1994–96 | |||||||
Successor party: New Frontier Party |
Election results
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | Position | Status |
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1993 | Tsutomu Hata | 6,341,364 | 10.10 | 55 / 511
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3rd | Governing coalition |
References
- ISBN 0-415-16466-4. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
It is more significant that the three new reformist parties which contested the election—Shinseito (Japan Renewal Party), Nihon Shinto (Japan New Party) and Sakigake (Harbinger Party)—were all led by former politicians of the LDP.
- ISBN 9780810854604.