New Liberal Club

New Liberal Club
新自由クラブ
Shin-jiyū-kurabu
LeaderYōhei Kōno
Secretary-GeneralTakeo Nishioka
FoundedJune 25, 1976 (1976-06-25)
DissolvedAugust 15, 1986 (1986-08-15)
Split fromLiberal Democratic Party
Merged intoLiberal Democratic Party
IdeologyProgressivism[1]
Colours
  •   Red (official)
  •   Sky blue (customary)

New Liberal Club (新自由クラブ, Shin-jiyū-kurabu) was a political party in Japan that was founded on 25 June 1976 as a breakaway from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

The New Liberal Club formed a coalition government with the LDP in December 1983, with the New Liberal's president, Seiichi Tagawa, serving as the Minister of Home Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.[2]

It rejoined the LDP on 15 August 1986.

  1. ^ Beeman, Michael L. (2002). Public Policy and Economic Competition in Japan: Change and Continuity in Antimonopoly Policy, 1973-1995. Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 978-0415249690. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Former minister Tagawa dies at 91". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. August 9, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2015.