Party for Japanese Kokoro 日本のこころ | |
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| Leader | Masashi Nakano |
| Secretary-General | Masamune Wada |
| Founded | 1 August 2014 (2014-08-01) |
| Dissolved | 1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) |
| Split from | Japan Restoration Party |
| Merged into | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | 1-11-28Nagatachō,Chiyoda,Tokyo 100-0014, Japan |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right[5][6][7] |
| Colors | Orange[8] |
| Website | |
| nippon-kokoro | |
TheParty for Japanese Kokoro (日本のこころ,Nippon no Kokoro, "Heart of Japan"), officially theParty to Cherish the Heart of Japan (日本のこころを大切にする党,Nippon no kokoro o taisetsu ni suru tō), was a Japanesepolitical party. It was formed as theParty for Future Generations (次世代の党,Jisedai no Tō) on 1 August 2014 by a group ofDiet members led byShintarō Ishihara. The party adopted its final name in December 2015, and ended up dissolving in November 2018.[10][11]
TheJapan Restoration Party was formed in 2012 and was led byTōru Hashimoto and Ishihara. In May 2014 Hashimoto and Ishihara announced that the party had agreed to split due to disagreement over a merger with another opposition party, theUnity Party.[12] Ishihara's faction left the JRP to form the Party for Future Generations, which registered as a party on 1 August 2014.[13]Takeo Hiranuma was chosen as the party's leader and he appointedHiroshi Yamada as Secretary-General and Ishihara as chief advisor.
The party suffered a near-wipeout at the47th general election in December 2014, collapsing from 19 seats in theHouse of Representatives to just two, with Hiranuma and party advisorHiroyuki Sonoda the only two of the party's 48 candidates to win a seat.[14] Senior party members who lost their seat included Ishihara, Yamada and policy committee chairmanHiroshi Nakada.[14] The party received 2.65% of the proportional representation vote, just clearing the 2% minimum required to ensure continued existence as an official party within the Diet.[14] Ishihara announced his retirement from politics two days after the election.[15]
Following Hiranuma and Sonoda's defection from the party back to the LDP,Kyoko Nakayama was elected unopposed as party leader on 28 August 2015 and officially started a two-year term from 1 October.[16] Secretary-GeneralShigefumi Matsuzawa initially intended to contest the leadership vote and maintain the party's "unbiased" stance towards the ruling LDP, as opposed to Nakayama wanting to work with the government.[17] Rather than force a vote that would split the party, Matsuzawa instead chose to resign and sit as an independent;[18] his resignation was accepted at the 28 August meeting andMasamune Wada replaced him as secretary-general.[16]
In November 2018,Masashi Nakano, the last member was transferred to LDP. The party was dissolved.[19]
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The party's policies had been described as a combination of conservatism in matters of national security, immigration law, and traditional cultural values, as well as 'liberalism' in economic issues (e.g. regulatory reform).[20][21]
At the time of the party's name change in December 2015, it had five members in theHouse of Councillors in the national Diet.Katsuhiko Eguchi [ja] opposed the name change and joined theInitiatives from Osaka party, leaving the party with four members in the national parliament.[11] In April 2016Kazuyuki Hamada, the only party member facing re-election in thesummer 2016 House of Councillors election, resigned from the party to join Initiatives from Osaka.[22] In November 2016 Wada left the party and joined the LDP's parliamentary group within the House of Councillors, but did not officially join the LDP.[23]
In October 2015 the party had a further eight members in regional assemblies.[24]
In November 2018, Nakano rejoined the Liberal Democratic Party.
| No. | Name | Image | Term of office | |
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| Took office | Left office | |||
| Split from:Restoration Party | ||||
| 1 | Takeo Hiranuma |  | 1 August 2014 | 25 September 2015 |
| — | Masamune Wada |  | 25 September 2015 | 1 October 2015 |
| 2 | Kyoko Nakayama |  | 1 October 2015 | 25 September 2017 |
| 3 | Masashi Nakano |  | 25 September 2017 | 1 November 2018 |
| Successor parties:Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| Election | Leader | # of candidates | # of seats won | # of Constituency votes | % of Constituency vote | # of PR Block votes | % of PR Block vote | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Takeo Hiranuma | 2/48 | 2 / 475 | 947,395 | 1.79% | 1,414,919 | 2.65% | LDP-KM Cabinet |
| 2017 | Masashi Nakano | 0/2 | 0 / 475 | - | - | 85,552 | 0.15% | LDP-KM Cabinet |
| Election year | Leader | Seats | Nationwide | Prefecture | Status | |||
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| Total | Contested | Number | % | Number | % | |||
| 2016 | Kyoko Nakayama | 3 / 242 | 3 / 121 | 734,024 | 1.31% | 535,517 | 0.95% | Opposition |
綱領で「日本が長い歴史の中で育んできた風俗、習慣、文化に息づく日本のこころを大切に」とうたい、自主憲法の制定、安全保障法制や防衛力の強化、愛国心教育、家族中心の社会づくりなど保守色の強い政策を掲げた。
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