Osaka Restoration Association
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Osaka Restoration Association 大阪維新の会 | ||
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Sakai City Assembly seats 18 / 46 | ||
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The Osaka Restoration Association (大阪維新の会, Ōsaka Ishin no Kai), also referred to as One Osaka, is a regional political party in
The party is a major force in the politics within Osaka Prefecture, with the party holding the most seats in the
History
Hashimoto, a lawyer and popular TV personality, was elected Governor of Osaka in
In February 2009, Hashimoto's plan for the prefecture to purchase the Osaka World Trade Center Building from the city and relocate the prefectural government offices into the building was defeated in the prefectural assembly. Following this, a faction of six assembly members led by Ichirō Matsui, who was supported by Hashimoto, formed the "Liberal Democratic Party Restoration Association" (自由民主党・維新の会). By April 2010 the group had broken away from the Liberal Democratic Party and expanded to 22 members. On 19 April 2010 it was officially registered as the Osaka Restoration Association with 30 members.
In the
When the
In the Sakai city mayoral election held in September 2013, incumbent Osami Takeyama ran as an independent (with the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and an endorsement from the Komeito party) and defeated the Osaka Restoration Association candidate Katsutoshi Nishibayashi.[3] Takeyama first won office in 2009 with the backing of Hashimoto (prior to the party being formed), but lost the support of the party when he changed his position regarding the Metropolis merger plan. Whilst generally in favour of reform within the prefecture, Takeyama opposed the break-up of Sakai city and had a campaign slogan of "Sakai is One" (堺はひとつ, Sakai wa hitotsu).[3] This was the first time in the party's history that a candidate had lost a mayoral election. Takeyama received 50.69% of the vote, almost 7% more than in 2009.[3]
In 2015, with Hashimoto as Mayor of Osaka city and Matsui as Governor of Osaka Prefecture, the party promoted a
The party successfully contested the "double election" of the Osaka city mayoral election and prefecture gubernatorial election held on 22 November 2015. In the mayoral election, Hirofumi Yoshimura, a former member of the national House of Representatives, was selected as the party's candidate to replace Hashimoto.[6] Yoshimura ran on a platform of reinstating the metropolis merger plan[6] and received 56.4% of the 1.05 million votes cast.[7] In the gubernatorial election, Matsui also campaigned in favour of the merger[6] and was re-elected with 64% of the 3.14 million votes cast.[7] The double victory has been considered a boost to the party's main policy of resurrecting the metropolis merger plan.[7]
Presidents
No. | Name | Image | Term of office | National affiliation | |
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1 | Tōru Hashimoto | 19 April 2010 | 27 August 2015 |
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2 | Ichirō Matsui | 27 August 2015 | Incumbent |
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Election results
Osaka Gubernatorial elections
Election | Candidate | Result | ||
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2011 | Ichiro Matsui
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Won | 2,006,195 | 54.73% |
2015 | Won | 2,025,387 | 64.1% | |
2019 | Hirofumi Yoshimura | Won | 2,266,103 | 64.37% |
2023
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Won | 2,439,444 | 73.7% |
References
- ^ 維新の会メンバー [Osaka Restoration Association Members] (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ The Daily Yomiuri Nippon Ishin no Kai officially launched September 30, 2012 Retrieved on October 2, 2012
- ^ a b c 堺のカタチ 維持した 市長選 [Mayoral election maintains the shape of Sakai] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Osaka rejects city reform plan; Hashimoto to retire". Yomiuri Shimbun. 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Japan Times. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ a b c 大阪維新ダブル選圧勝 [Osaka Restoration's Strong victory in double election] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. 23 November 2015. p. 1.
External links
- Osaka Restoration Association (in Japanese)