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People's New Party

Kokumin Shintō

国民新党
People's New Party Kokumin Shintō; 国民新党;
President	Shozaburo Jimi
Founded	17 August 2005
Dissolved	22 March 2013
Headquarters	Kohase Bldg. 3F, Hirakawa-cho 2-14-7, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0093
Ideology	Conservatism
Colours	Orange
Party flag
Website
	www.kokumin.or.jp
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The People's New Party (国民新党 Kokumin Shintō, PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005, in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election. On March 21, 2013, party leader Shozaburo Jimi announced that he was disbanding the party.

History

The Kokumin Shinto, originally headed by Shizuka Kamei, included former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki, former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lower house members Hisaoki Kamei, Tadahiro Matsushita, and House of Councillors members Kensei Hasegawa from the LDP and Tamura Hideaki from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the main opposition.

Most of the members of the Kokumin Shinto were formerly members of the Shisuikai (also known as Kamei Faction) of the LDP. Their strong links to the postal lobby forced them to go against Koizumi's plans to privatise the postal system. While Watanuki was made party leader, Kamei was also seen as a public face for the party.

In the 2005 snap election, the party was able to retain four seats, matching the pre-election total, with two single-seat members (Watanuki and Shizuka Kamei) and two proportional members (Hisaoki Kamei and new member Masaki Itokawa). However, the overwhelming victory of the LDP, with a new two-thirds majority in the lower house, made it unlikely that they would be able to exert influence on government policy.

In June 2007, party head Shizuka Kamei announced that former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori would be running for a seat in the House of Councillors under the banner of the People's New Party. At the time of the initial announcement, Fujimori was under house arrest in Chile pending the outcome of an extradition hearing to decide whether he would be returned to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights violations there. On 11 July 2007 Chilean Judge Orlando Alvarez ruled against the extradition; however, Fujimori remained under house arrest, and was unable to return to Japan for his campaign. He would ultimately fail in his bid.^[2]^[3]^[4]

After the 2009 general election, on 16 September 2009, a new government was formed; the PNP became a part of the ruling coalition led by the DPJ.^[5] After that the party suffered in the next Councillor election and general election.

Ideology

People's New Party was described as having a far-right political position.^[6]^[7] The party was initially almost exclusively defined by its opposition to Koizumi's "dictatorial" (独裁的, dokusaiteki) politics as expressed in the post privatisation debate. Eventually their platform was broadened to include ideals of serving and protecting the people, and engaging in "warm, friendly politics".^{[citation needed]}

Election results

House of Representatives

Election	Leader	# of seats won	# of Constituency votes	% of Constituency vote	# of PR Block votes	% of PR Block vote	Government/opposition
2005	Tamisuke Watanuki	4 / 480	432,679	0.64	1,183,073	1.74	Opposition
2009	Tamisuke Watanuki	3 / 480	730,570	1.04	1,219,767	1.73	DPJ-PNP-SDP Government Coalition (2009-2010) DPJ-PNP Government Coalition (2010-2012)
2012	Shozaburo Jimi	1 / 480	117,185	0.20	70,847	0.12	Opposition

House of Councillors

Election	Leader	# of seats total	# of seats won	# of National votes	% of National vote	# of Prefectural votes	% of Prefectural vote
2007	Tamisuke Watanuki	4 / 242	2 / 121	1,269,209	2.15	1,111,005	1.87
2010	Shizuka Kamei	3 / 242	0 / 121	1,000,036	1.71	167,555	0.29

Disbanded

On March 21, 2013, party leader Shozaburo Jimi announced that he was disbanding the party. At that time only Jimi and Kazuyuki Hamada remained as diet representatives.^[8]

References

^ 日本テレビ. "国民新党、公約発表ＴＰＰ反対など９項目｜日テレNEWS NNN". 日テレNEWS NNN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-19.
^ "Fujimori loses Japan election bid". BBC News. 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
^ "Prisoner Fujimori to run in Diet poll". The Japan Times. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
^ Kim, Han-il (2007-07-13). "Odd man out". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
^ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090916p2a00m0na033000c.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "CHILE-PERU: Decision to Extradite Fujimori Sets International Precedent". Inter Press Service. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
^ "Millonarios japoneses, al rescate de Fujimori". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
^ Daily Yomiuri PNP head Jimi disbands 2-member party March 23, 2013

External links

Official website

[1] 日本テレビ. "国民新党、公約発表ＴＰＰ反対など９項目｜日テレNEWS NNN". 日テレNEWS NNN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-19.

[2] "Fujimori loses Japan election bid". BBC News. 2007-07-29. Retrieved 2008-01-03.

[3] "Prisoner Fujimori to run in Diet poll". The Japan Times. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-16.

[4] Kim, Han-il (2007-07-13). "Odd man out". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-16.

[5] ttp://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090916p2a00m0na033000c.html^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "CHILE-PERU: Decision to Extradite Fujimori Sets International Precedent". Inter Press Service. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[7] "Millonarios japoneses, al rescate de Fujimori". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

[8] Daily Yomiuri PNP head Jimi disbands 2-member party March 23, 2013

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-The '''People's New Party''' (国民新党 ''Kokumin Shintō'', PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]]'s [[Japan Post]] privatisation bills which led to a [[2005 Japan general election|snap election]]. On March 21, 2013 party leader [[Shozaburo Jimi]] announced that he was disbanding the party.
+The '''People's New Party''' (国民新党 ''Kokumin Shintō'', PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005, in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister [[Junichiro Koizumi]]'s [[Japan Post]] privatisation bills which led to a [[2005 Japan general election|snap election]]. On March 21, 2013, party leader [[Shozaburo Jimi]] announced that he was disbanding the party.
 ==History==
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 == Ideology ==
-People's New Party was described as having a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political position.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-21|title=CHILE-PERU: Decision to Extradite Fujimori Sets International Precedent|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2007/09/chile-peru-decision-to-extradite-fujimori-sets-international-precedent/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-26|website=[[Inter Press Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-08-11|title=Millonarios japoneses, al rescate de Fujimori|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-2614898|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-26|website=El Tiempo|language=es}}</ref> The party was initially almost exclusively defined by its opposition to Koizumi's {{nihongo|"dictatorial"|独裁的|dokusaiteki}} politics as expressed in the post privatisation debate. Eventually their platform was broadened to include ideals of serving and protecting the people, and engaging in "warm, friendly politics".{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
+People's New Party was described as having a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political position.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-21|title=CHILE-PERU: Decision to Extradite Fujimori Sets International Precedent|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2007/09/chile-peru-decision-to-extradite-fujimori-sets-international-precedent/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=[[Inter Press Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-08-11|title=Millonarios japoneses, al rescate de Fujimori|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-2614898|access-date=2021-12-26|website=El Tiempo|language=es}}</ref> The party was initially almost exclusively defined by its opposition to Koizumi's {{nihongo|"dictatorial"|独裁的|dokusaiteki}} politics as expressed in the post privatisation debate. Eventually their platform was broadened to include ideals of serving and protecting the people, and engaging in "warm, friendly politics".{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
 == Election results ==
+===House of Representatives===
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 |-
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 |- style="text-align:center;"
 ! [[2005 Japanese general election|2005]]
-| [[Tamisuke Watanuki]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Tamisuke Watanuki]]
-| {{Composition bar|4|500|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| {{Composition bar|4|480|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
 | 432,679
 | 0.64
 | 1,183,073
 | 1.74
-| {{no2|Opposition}}
+|{{no2|Opposition}}
 |- style="text-align:center;"
 ! [[2009 Japanese general election|2009]]
+| {{Composition bar|3|480|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
-| [[Tamisuke Watanuki]]
-| {{Composition bar|3|500|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
 | 730,570
 | 1.04
 | 1,219,767
 | 1.73
+|{{yes|DPJ-PNP-[[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|SDP]] Government Coalition (2009-2010)<br />DPJ-PNP Government Coalition (2010-2012)}}
-| {{no2|Opposition}}
+|- style="text-align:center;"
+! [[2012 Japanese general election|2012]]
+|[[Shozaburo Jimi]]
+| {{Composition bar|1|480|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| 117,185
+| 0.20
+| 70,847
+| 0.12
+|{{no2|Opposition}}
 |}
+===House of Councillors===
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+|-
+! Election
+! Leader
+! # of seats total
+! # of seats won
+! # of National votes
+! % of National vote
+! # of Prefectural votes
+! % of Prefectural vote
+|- style="text-align:center;"
+! [[2007 Japanese House of Councillors election|2007]]
+| [[Tamisuke Watanuki]]
+| {{Composition bar|4|242|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| {{Composition bar|2|121|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| 1,269,209
+| 2.15
+| 1,111,005
+| 1.87
+|- style="text-align:center;"
+! [[2010 Japanese House of Councillors election|2010]]
+| [[Shizuka Kamei]]
+| {{Composition bar|3|242|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| {{Composition bar|0|121|hex={{party color|People's New Party}}}}
+| 1,000,036
+| 1.71
+| 167,555
+| 0.29
+|}
 ==Disbanded==
-On March 21, 2013 party leader [[Shozaburo Jimi]] announced that he was disbanding the party. At that time only Jimi and [[Kazuyuki Hamada]] remained as diet representatives.<ref>[[Daily Yomiuri]] [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130322004695.htm PNP head Jimi disbands 2-member party] March 23, 2013</ref>
+On March 21, 2013, party leader [[Shozaburo Jimi]] announced that he was disbanding the party. At that time only Jimi and [[Kazuyuki Hamada]] remained as diet representatives.<ref>[[Daily Yomiuri]] [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130322004695.htm PNP head Jimi disbands 2-member party] March 23, 2013</ref>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Political parties established in 2005]]
 [[Category:Conservative parties in Japan]]
-[[Category:Syncretic political movements]]
-[[Category:Fujimorism]]
 [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2013]]
 [[Category:Defunct political parties in Japan]]
-[[Category:Far-right politics in Japan]]
 [[Category:2005 establishments in Japan]]
 [[Category:2013 disestablishments in Japan]]

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