People's New Party
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People's New Party
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| President | Shozaburo Jimi |
| Secretary general | Mikio Shimoji |
| Councilors Leader | Shozaburo Jimi |
| Founded | 17 August 2005 |
| Dissolved | 21 March 2013 |
| Headquarters | Kohase Bldg. 3F, Hirakawa-cho 2-14-7, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0093 |
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| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Orange |
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The People's New Party (国民新党 Kokumin Shintō, PNP) was a conservative, Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election. On March 21, 2013 party leader Shozaburo Jimi announced that he was disbanding the party.
The Kokumin Shinto, originally headed by Shizuka Kamei, included former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki, former Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lower house members Hisaoki Kamei, Tadahiro Matsushita, and House of Councillors members Kensei Hasegawa from the LDP and Tamura Hideaki from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the main opposition.
Most of the members of the Kokumin Shinto were formerly members of the Shisuikai (also known as Kamei Faction) of the LDP. Their strong links to the postal lobby forced them to go against Koizumi's plans to privatise the postal system. While Watanuki was made party leader, Kamei was also seen as a public face for the party.
The party was initially almost exclusively defined by its opposition to Koizumi's "dictatorial" (独裁的 dokusaiteki?) politics as expressed in the post privatisation debate. Eventually their platform was broadened to include ideals of serving and protecting the people, and engaging in "warm, friendly politics".
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