The New Frontier Party ( 新進党 , Shinshintō , "New Progressive Party") ( NFP ) was a big tent political party in Japan founded in December 1994. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse , with its membership ranging from moderate social democrats to liberals and conservatives . The party dissolved in December 1997, with Ichirō Ozawa 's faction forming the Liberal Party and other splinters later joining the Democratic Party of Japan in April 1998.
14-422: New Frontier Party may refer to: New Frontier Party (Japan) ( Shinshinto ) of Japan Liberty Korea Party ( Saenuri Party , New Frontier Party ) of South Korea Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title New Frontier Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
28-640: A federation of several small groups of Diet members who had broken away from the LDP) formed the New Frontier Party, becoming the largest single party formed in post-war Japan other than the LDP. On 8 December 1994, the Diet members of the future party elected former LDP Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu as leader, Kaifu received 131 votes, former Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata 52 and DSP leader Takashi Yonezawa 32 votes. In 1995, Kaifu
42-513: The 1996 general election , losing a net four seats and failing to attack the LDP-SDP government majority, but remaining the largest opposition party. Unlike the other major, nationwide parties (mainly LDP and DPJ, the SDP was already in the advanced stages of its decline to a micro-party), In 1996, Ozawa's NFP made little use of the possibility to nominate dual candidates that stand in both the majoritarian and
56-680: The Democratic Party in one parliamentary group (then renamed 民主友愛太陽国民連合, Minshu Yūai Taiyō Kokumin Rengō , "Democratic Fraternity Sun People's League", abbreviated as 民友連, Min'yūren ). They were joined by two parties who had broken away from the NFP earlier – the Sun Party of Tsutomu Hata in 1996 and the From Five of Morihiro Hosokawa in 1997 – and another party from the former anti-LDP coalition that hadn't joined
70-602: The LDP returned to power by striking a "grand" coalition deal with the JSP under which the Socialists would receive the prime ministership. Hata resigned before an impending no-confidence vote submitted by the LDP: In less than a year, the anti-LDP coalition had broken down. After the electoral reform initiated by the anti-LDP coalition had been passed by the new LDP-JSP coalition in November 1994,
84-756: The NFP: the Minshu Kaikaku Rengō ("Democratic Reform League"). The joint parliamentary group gave the DPJ the role of leading the opposition in the Diet. Three member parties together formed the Minseitō ("Democratic" or "Good Governance Party") a few weeks later. All member parties of the parliamentary group eventually merged with the Democratic Party to form the ("New") Democratic Party of Japan in April 1998. In terms of policy,
98-417: The New Frontier Party took a hawkish position on foreign, security policy and related constitutional matters (which had been the main dividing line between political left and right in the 1955 System ) similar to the LDP, but pushed for more deregulation, decentralization and political reform. It thereby tried to attract disgruntled LDP voters who would seek for new answers to the political challenges posed in
112-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Frontier_Party&oldid=814012998 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New Frontier Party (Japan) The party
126-751: The opposition parties negotiated on creating a unified force to contest the newly introduced First-past-the-post voting single-member electoral districts that now elect the majority of the House of Representatives: In December, the Japan Renewal Party , a part of Kōmeitō which had split a few days before, the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), the Japan New Party and the Jiyū Kaikaku Rengō [ ja ] ("Liberal Reform League"
140-441: The proportional election at the same time under the new parallel electoral system. Thereby, the party lost a string of experienced politicians who were not "insured" by a dual candidacy on a proportional list. In total, more than 40 NFP incumbents who sought reelection lost their seats in 1996. After the New Frontier Party dissolved in 1997, its remnants collated into several small parties: The latter two parties immediately joined
154-561: The wake of the burst bubble economy and by the dawning demographic transition. In contrast, the Democratic Party of Japan that was formed two years later to provide an alternative to the old LDP and the Ozawa-dominated NFP, took a similar stance to the NFP on economic reform, but a more dovish position on foreign policy, thereby also becoming appealing to traditional JSP voters. Michihiko Kano Michihiko Kano ( 鹿野道彦 , Kano Michihiko , 24 January 1942 – 21 October 2021)
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#1732848589747168-622: Was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries twice. He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election . Kano was born in Yamagata . He graduated from Gakushuin University . After period of illness, Michihiko Kano died on 21 October 2021 in a hospital in Yamagata City; he was 79. This article about
182-582: Was founded on 10 December 1994 by former member parties of the anti- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) opposition coalition led by Morihiro Hosokawa who had resigned in April. During the formation of the succeeding Hata cabinet, several coalition parties formed a joint parliamentary group. But at the same time, the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) and the New Party Sakigake withdrew from the eight-party coalition and left Hata without majority. In June,
196-563: Was succeeded by Ichirō Ozawa who led the party from 1995 until its dissolution in 1997. Ozawa won the leadership election among party members and registered supporters ( tōyū ) in December 1995 with 1,120,012 votes against Tsutomu Hata who received 566,998 votes. Ozawa was reelected just a few days before the party dissolved in a vote among NFP Diet members and delegates from NFP prefectural federations in December 1997, defeating Michihiko Kano by 230 votes to 182. The party held onto 156 seats in
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