New Frontier Party (Japan)

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New Frontier Party
新進党
Shinshintō
FoundersToshiki Kaifu
Ichirō Ozawa
Founded10 December 1994
Dissolved31 December 1997
Merger of
Succeeded by
HeadquartersTokyo
Ideology
Colors
  •   Red (official)
  •   Pink (customary)

The New Frontier Party (新進党, Shinshintō, "New Progressive Party") (NFP) was a big tent[3] political party in Japan founded in December 1994. As a merger of several small parties, the party was ideologically diverse,[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "Refuting SG-eye: 2 'Antisocial'". The Truth About SGI on the Internet. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  5. ^ 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.