Summary
Your Party (みんなの党, Minna no Tō, literally "Everyone's Party") is a Japanese parliamentary caucus consisting of Yoshimi Watanabe and Takashi Tachibana, later Satoshi Hamada after Tachibana forfeited his seat, in the House of Councillors. It was also a political party led by Watanabe from 2009 until its dissolution in 2014.
Your Party みんなの党 Minna no Tō | |
|---|---|
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| Founder | Yoshimi Watanabe |
| Founded | August 8, 2009 2019 (N–Koku-led caucus) |
| Dissolved | November 28, 2014 (party) |
| Split from | |
| Ideology | Conservatism[1] Debureaucracy[1] Localism[1] Neoliberalism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-right[3] |
| Website | |
| www | |
History edit
Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house. One concept behind the party was to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate control of the government by non-elected members established in the bureaucracy. In this respect, Watanabe has repeatedly stated that his position is compatible with the Democratic Party of Japan.
Your Party advocated lower taxation, free enterprise, smaller government, and less regulation.
The party fielded 13 candidates in the August 2009 general elections.[4] Five of those candidates were elected to the lower house. In the 2010 house of Councillors election, it gained 10 seats.[5] It also made gains at the 2011 regional elections, and in the 2012 general election, where it increased its seats from eight in the lower house to eighteen.
Following an announcement by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe for an election to be held in December 2014, the party's 20 members voted on November 19, 2014 to disband on November 28, 2014. Falling support and disagreement over whether to side with the ruling coalition in the upcoming election were identified as reasons for the split.[6]
Presidents of YP edit
| No. | Name | Image | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||
| Preceding party: Liberal Democratic Party | ||||
| 1 | Yoshimi Watanabe | 
|
8 August 2009 | 28 November 2014 |
| Successor parties: Unity Party, Assembly to Energize Japan & Japan Restoration Party | ||||
Election results edit
House of Representatives edit
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Total | Position | Status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | ||||
| 2009 | Yoshimi Watanabe | 615,244 | 0.87 | 2 / 300
|
New | 3,005,199 | 4.27 | 3 / 180
|
new | 5 / 480
|
new | 6th | Opposition |
| 2012 | 2,807,244 | 4.71 | 4 / 300
|
 2
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5,245,586 | 8.77 | 14 / 180
|
9
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18 / 480
|
13
|
5th | Opposition | |
House of Councillors edit
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | Election | +/- | Total | +/- | ||||
| 2010 | Yoshimi Watanabe | 5,977,391 | 10.24 | 3 / 73
|
new | 7,943,649 | 13.59 | 7 / 48
|
new | 10 / 121
|
new | 11 / 242
|
10
|
3rd | Opposition |
| 2013 | 4,159,961 | 7.84 | 4 / 73
|
1
|
4,755,160 | 8.93 | 4 / 48
|
 3
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8 / 121
|
2
|
18 / 242
|
8
|
6th | Opposition | |
References edit
- ^ a b c ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典の解説 [The Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ Rydgren, Jens (2018). The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. Oxford University Press. p. 772. ISBN 978-0190274559. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Pletcher, Kenneth. "Your Party, political party, Japan". britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-minister Watanabe starts new political party". Japan Times. August 9, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Ruling bloc loses Upper House majority July 12, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved June 1, 2016
- ^ Abe’s snap election claims first victim as Your Party disbands November 19, 2014 Japan Times Retrieved June 2, 2016
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)