NHK Party

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The Collaborative Party / NHK Party みんなでつくる党 Min'na de tsukuru tō NHKから国民を守る党 NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō
The logos of Mintsuku; the left logo is used by the Otsu faction while the right logo is used by the Tachibana faction amidst the party's dispute.
Leader	Disputed Between Ayaka Otsu and Takashi Tachibana
Secretary-General	Disputed Between Satoshi Hamada and Ryota Akegato, Natsuki Matsumoto
Founder	Takashi Tachibana
Founded	17 June 2013 (17 June 2013)
Headquarters	Otsu wing 16-005 Kandanishiki-machi, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan[1] Tachibana wing 1799-19 Omuro, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0813, Japan
Ideology	Tachibana wing Populism[2] Direct democracy[3] Anti-communism[4] Single issue politics: Anti–TV license fees[5]
Political position	Right-wing[6]
Slogan	Otsu wing "共に築く、多彩な未来へ" [7] "Tomoni kizuku, tasaina mirai e" ("Build together, towards a colorful future") Tachibana wing "NHKをぶっ壊す！"[8] "NHK o bukkowasu!" ("Destroy NHK!")
Councillors	0 / 248
Representatives	0 / 465
Prefectural assembly members	0 / 2,644
Municipal assembly members	0 / 29,135
Website
Otsu wing www.mintsuku.org Tachibana wing www.syoha.jp
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections

The Collaborative Party (Japanese: みんなでつくる党, Min'na de tsukuru tō, lit. 'A party created by everyone'), abbreviated as Mintsuku (みんつく) and commonly referred to by its former name NHK Party (NHK党),^[9][10] is a populist^[2] and right-wing^[6] political party in Japan founded in 2013 by activist Takashi Tachibana, who led the party until stepping down in March 2023^[11] and becoming the disputed leader again a month later, in April 2023.^[12] The party's original goal was to oppose the license fees for the national broadcasting organization NHK, revising the 1950 Broadcasting Law [ja] to scramble NHK's broadcast signal, which would mean that only those who watch NHK pay for it. The party's policies have since expanded to cover other issues, including lower taxes, increasing military defense capability, and reaching energy independence through nuclear energy.^[13]

The party has been referred to by some commentators and political scientists as a fringe or joke party, despite having seen occasional success in national elections.^[14][15] Its candidates and officeholders, who are often YouTubers or other Internet celebrities, have been frequent sources of controversy.^[16][17] The party changed its name several times, with its most recent change in November 2023.^[18]

The party is currently in a leadership dispute between Tachibana and Ayaka Otsu since April 2023. As of April 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recognizes Otsu as the sole leader of the party.^[19][20] Despite this, most of the party defected and switched allegiance to Tachibana, resulting in a deadlock where Otsu is the de jure leader while Tachibana is the de facto leader.^[21] The party's status as a national political party was revoked in January 2024 after the party lost all of its seats in the National Diet after the Otsu wing leadership expelled both members of the House of Councillors for aligning with Tachibana. However, the two still refer to themselves as members of the party through the parliamentary group with the same name as the party.^[22] Bankruptcy proceedings commenced on the party on 14 March 2024.^[23][24]