New Frontier Party (Japan)
New Frontier Party 新進党 Shinshintō | |
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| Founders | Toshiki Kaifu Ichirō Ozawa |
| Founded | 10 December 1994 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 1997 |
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| Headquarters | Tokyo |
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| Political position | Big tent[5] |
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The New Frontier Party (新進党, Shinshintō; "New Progressive Party", NFP) was a big tent political party in Japan. It was founded in December 1994. It was a merger of many small parties. The party was ideologically diverse,[6] with its membership ranging from moderate social democrats to liberals and conservatives.
The party dissolved in December 1997.[7]
References
- 1 2 Kamikubo, Masato [in Japanese] (5 June 2018). 今の日本には「リベラル政党」より「極右政党」が必要な理由 [Why Japan needs a "far-right party" rather than a "liberal party" today?]. Diamond online (in Japanese). Diamond, Inc. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- 1 2 Murakami, Hiroshi [in Japanese] (2009). "The changing party system in Japan 1993-2007: More competition and limited convergence" (PDF). Ritsumeikan Law Review. 26. Ritsumeikan University: 30. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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- ↑ Ronald J. Hrebenar; Akira Nakamura, eds. (2014). Party Politics in Japan: Political Chaos and Stalemate in the 21st Century. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 9781317745976.
The initial period of party system change found its first culmination in 1996 when a new catch-all party, the Shinshinto (New Frontier Party), got founded by Ozawa and others.
- ↑ "Refuting SG-eye: 2 'Antisocial'". The Truth About SGI on the Internet. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Gerald L. Curtis (2013). The Logic of Japanese Politics: Leaders, Institutions, and the Limits of Change. Columbia University Press. pp. 192–194. ISBN 978-0-231-50254-2.