Party for Japanese Kokoro
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Party for Japanese Kokoro
日本のこころを大切にする党 |
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| Leader | Kyoko Nakayama |
| Secretary-General | Masashi Nakano |
| Councillors leader | Kyōko Nakayama |
| Founded | 1 August 2014 |
| Split from | Japan Restoration Party |
| Headquarters | 1-11-28 Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan |
| Ideology |
Japanese nationalism Neoconservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing to Far-right |
| Colors | Pale pink |
| Councillors |
2 / 242
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| Representatives |
0 / 475
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| Website | |
| http://nippon-kokoro.jp/ | |
The Party for Japanese Kokoro (日本のこころを大切にする党 Nippon no Kokoro o Taisetsu ni Suru Tō?, lit. The party that cares for Japan's heart) is a Japanese political party. It was formed as the Party for Future Generations (次世代の党 Jisedai no Tō?) on 1 August 2014 by a group of Diet members led by Shintarō Ishihara. The party adopted its current name in December 2015.
The Japan Restoration Party was formed in 2012 and was led by Tōru Hashimoto and Ishihara. In May 2014 Hashimoto and Ishihara announced that the party had agreed to split due to disagreement over a merger with another opposition party, the Unity Party. Ishihara's faction left the JRP to form the Party for Future Generations, which registered as a party on 1 August 2014.Takeo Hiranuma was chosen as the party's leader and he appointed Hiroshi Yamada as Secretary-General and Ishihara as chief advisor.
The party suffered a near-wipeout at the 47th general election in December 2014, collapsing from 19 seats in the House of Representatives to just two, with Hiranuma and party advisor Hiroyuki Sonoda the only two of the party's 48 candidates to win a seat. Senior party members who lost their seat included Ishihara, Yamada and policy committee chairman Hiroshi Nakada. The party received 2.65% of the proportional representation vote, just clearing the 2% minimum required to ensure continued existence as an official party within the Diet. Ishihara announced his retirement from politics two days after the election.
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