Life Party
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Liberal Party
自由党 |
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| Leader | Ichirō Ozawa |
| President | Ichirō Ozawa |
| Secretary-General | Katsumasa Suzuki |
| Councilors leader | Ryo Shuhama |
| Representatives leader | Denny Tamaki |
| Founded | 27 December 2012 |
| Split from | Tomorrow Party of Japan |
| Preceded by | People's Life First |
| Headquarters | 2-12-8 Nagatacho Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Localism Environmentalism Anti-nuclear power Anti-TPP Pacifism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colors | Blue |
| Councillors |
3 / 242
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| Representatives |
2 / 475
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| Website | |
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The Liberal Party (自由党? Jiyū-tō) is a political party in Japan. It has 2 out of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors. Formed as the People's Life Party in December 2012, it changed its name to People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends in December 2014. The party adopted its current name in October 2016 in preparation for an expected general election in early 2017.
The party's foundation lay in the wake of the December 2012 general election, in which the Tomorrow Party of Japan's membership in the 480-seat House of Representatives was reduced from 61 members to just 9. Tension between President Yukiko Kada and former People's Life First party leader Ichiro Ozawa increased to the point that on 26 December 2012 the party's remaining Diet members that were aligned with Ozawa held a meeting in spite of Kada's instruction not to do so. Members aligned with Kada announced their intention to leave the party and the following day Kada and Ozawa agreed to split the party, just one month after it had formed. The majority of the remaining members sided with Ozawa and the party's name was changed to the People's Life Party (生活の党? Seikatsu-no-tō), with the Tomorrow Party's Deputy President Yuko Mori named as the new party's President.
The party changed its name to People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends in December 2014. The name change was apparently imposed by Yamamoto Tarō as a condition for keeping the party from disbanding.
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