Nippon Ishin no Kai
The Japan Innovation Party (日本維新の会, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Restoration Association) is a conservative, neoliberal and right-wing populist political party in Japan. Formed as Initiatives from Osaka in October 2015 from a split in the old Japan Innovation Party, the party became the third-biggest opposition party in the National Diet following the July 2016 House of Councillors election.
Japan Innovation Party 日本維新の会 | |
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| Abbreviation | Ishin, JIP |
| Leader | Nobuyuki Baba |
| Secretary-General | Fujita Fumitake |
| Deputy Leader | Hirofumi Yoshimura |
| Founders | Ichirō Matsui Tōru Hashimoto |
| Founded | 2 November 2015 |
| Split from | Japan Innovation Party |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Newspaper | Nippon Ishin |
| Student wing | Ishin Students |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing[A] |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | 維新はやる。まっすぐに、改革を。 Ishin wa yaru. Massuguni kaikaku o. ("We'll do this. Innovation straight away.") |
| Councillors | 20 / 248 |
| Representatives | 41 / 465 |
| Prefectural assembly members | 124 / 2,598 |
| Municipal assembly members | 766 / 32,430 |
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^ A: The party is sometimes described as far-right, but voters in Japan perceive the party as centrist. | |
The party advocates decentralization, federalism (Dōshūsei), free education, limited government, and neoliberal policies. Arguing to remove defense spending limits, and standing with the Liberal Democratic Party on revising the constitution, the party gained conservative support during the 2021 general election, primarily in Osaka.
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