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Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)

Former political party in Japan

Summary

Former political party in Japan

Field	Value
name	Liberal Party

native_name	Jiyūtō
logo	Liberal Party of Japan (1998) logo.svg
leader	Ichirō Ozawa
founders	{{ublist
foundation	1 January 1998
dissolution	26 September 2003
split	New Frontier Party
merged	Democratic Party of Japan
position	Centre-right
international	Liberal International (observer)
colors	Blue
country	Japan
colorcode

| Ichirō Ozawa | Hirohisa Fujii The Liberal Party was a political party in Japan formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii. It is now defunct, having joined the Democratic Party of Japan in 2003.

The Liberal Party were part of the Japanese liberal parties genealogy, neoliberal and neoconservative.

History

The Liberal Party was formed from remnants of the New Frontier Party after it dissolved in 1998. The party did do quite well for a new party, joining the opposition led by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and also including the New Kōmeitō, the Social Democratic Party and Japanese Communist Party, and thus helped contest elections against the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

In January 1999, it formed a coalition with the ruling LDP under Keizō Obuchi. Takeshi Noda as Minister for Home Affairs became its only member in the realigned Obuchi cabinet, later replaced by Toshihiro Nikai as Minister of Transportation. Later that year, the New Kōmeitō joined the coalition as well, and party president Ichirō Ozawa decided to lead the Liberal Party back into the opposition as he saw his party's position endangered. However, some members of the coalition wanted to stay in the government and eventually formed the breakaway New Conservative Party.

In October 2003, because of the upcoming election, the Liberal Party finally merged with the DPJ and all its members joined the new party, making an influential grouping within the party. The DPJ did tremendously well, and Hirohisa Fujii became the Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan, while Ichiro Ozawa led the Liberal Party faction within the DPJ. In 2016, the name was revived by Ozawa, on his renaming of the People's Life Party to the Liberal Party.

Presidents of LP

No.	Name	Image	Term of office	Took office	Left office
Preceding party: New Frontier Party
1	Ichirō Ozawa	[[File:Ichiro Ozawa 20131116 (cropped 1).jpg	100px]]	1 January 1998	26 September 2003
Successor party: Democratic Party (1998)

Election results

General election results

Election	Leader	Constituency	Party list	Total	Position	Status	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2000	Ichirō Ozawa	2,053,736	3.37		6,589,490	11.01			5th

Councillors election results

Election	Leader	Constituency	Party list	Seats	Position	Status	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Election	+/-	Total	+/-
1998	Ichirō Ozawa	980,249	1.75		new	5,207,813	9.28		new		new		6	5th
2001	3,011,787	5.54		1	4,227,148	7.72		1				4	5th

References

Jeff Kingston. (2013). "Japan in Transformation, 1945-2010". Routledge.
"Facts & Figures". [[Liberal International]].
(2019). "The State and Politics In Japan". John Wiley & Sons.
(1999-01-14). "Obuchi puts happy face on minority coalition launch". [[The Japan Times]].
(1999-12-15). "Liberal Party left in limbo after abandonment of bill". [[The Japan Times]].
(2000-04-04). "Noda faction names party Conservative". [[The Japan Times]].
(2006). "The Democratic Party of Japan". [[Democratic Party of Japan]].

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