Unity Party (Japan)
Unity Party 結いの党 | |
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| Leader | Kenji Eda |
| President | Kenji Eda |
| Secretary-General | Jiro Ono |
| Founded | 18 December 2013 |
| Dissolved | 21 September 2014 |
| Split from | Your Party |
| Merged into | Japan Innovation Party |
| Headquarters | 2-9-6 Nagatacho Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| Newspaper | Conservative Japan |
| Ideology | Social liberalism, Neoliberalism, Deregulation, Decentralization |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colors | Blue |
| Website | |
| yuinotoh | |
The Unity Party (結いの党, Yui no Tō) was a Japanese political party.
History
The party was formed in December 2013 by Kenji Eda and 13 other legislators who left Your Party.[1] Your Party initially refused to acknowledge that six councillors had left its caucus in the House of Councillors, but filed a notice in February 2014 which acknowledged their departure from Your Party, allowing the Unity Party to have formal representation in the upper house.[2]
The party supported Morihiro Hosokawa in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2014.[3]
Eda had discussions with the Japan Restoration Party in early 2014 with a view toward coordinating the two parties' policy stances. JRP co-head Shintaro Ishihara rejected the idea of coordinating with the Unity Party on the basis of their support for the Constitution of Japan, while the other JRP co-head Toru Hashimoto saw room for agreement on the scope of necessary revisions to the Constitution.[4]
On 21 September 2014, the Unity Party and the Japan Restoration Party merged to form the Japan Innovation Party.[5]
Party presidents
| No. | Name | Term of office | Image | |
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| Took office | Left office | |||
| 1 | Kenji Eda | 18 December 2013 | 21 September 2014 | 
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Members in the Diet
House of Representatives
- Yoichiro Aoyagi (South Kanto PR block)
- Kenji Eda (Kanagawa 8th district)
- Mitsunari Hatanaka (Kinki PR block)
- Hiroki Hayashi (Tohoku PR block)
- Yosei Ide (Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR block)
- Nobuhiko Isaka (Kinki PR block)
- Masanari Koike (Tokai PR block)
- Mito Kakizawa (Tokyo 15th district)
- Tsuyoshi Shiina (South Kanto PR block)
House of Councillors
- Yukio Fujimaki (National block)
- Ryuhei Kawada (National block)
- Yuichi Mayama (National block)
- Jiro Ono (National block)
- Takumi Shibata (National block)
- Sukeshiro Terata (National block)
References
- ^ "Eda names new party Yui no To". Japan Today. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "結いの党:参院でも会派結成". Mainichi Shimbun. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "自公は舛添氏、民・結い・生が細川氏 都知事選". 日本経済新聞. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "「改憲で合意可能」 結いの党との協議に橋下氏". MSN Sankei News. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "「New opposition party launched as Ishin no To". Japan Times. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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