Kibo no To
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Kibō no Tō
希望の党 |
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| Japanese name | Kibō no Tō |
| Leader | Yuriko Koike |
| Founded | 25 September 2017 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | 2-12-8 Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tōkyō |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Populism Anti-nuclear power |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| Colours | Green |
| Councillors |
3 / 242
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| Representatives |
50 / 465
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| Website | |
| kibounotou.jp/ | |
Kibō no Tō (希望の党, Party of Hope) is a conservative political party in Japan founded by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. Governor Koike formed the party just hours before Prime Minister Shinzō Abe declared an early 2017 general election, to be held on 22 October. The party's ideology is mainly based on conservatism and other (market) liberal (social) conservative aspects.
In 2016's gubernatorial election, Governor Koike was elected as the Governor with membership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) even though she was not the official candidate of the party. Then, she formed a regional party: Tomin First no Kai, which was founded for the 2017 metropolitan election. The Komeito party supported Governor Koike in the metropolitan council, even though they were part of the coalition government with the LDP at the national level.
On 28 September 2017, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP), Seiji Maehara, announced that the party had abandoned plans to contest the 2017 general election on 22 October. The DP caucus in the House of Representatives disbanded, with many of the party's existing representatives contesting the election as candidates for Kibō no Tō. This lead to the split on 2 October 2017 of the Constitutional Democratic Party, which consists of left-leaning and liberal DP politicians whom Koike had rejected as Kibō no Tō candidates.
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