Kibō no Tō

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Kibō no Tō
The Party of Hope
Parteivorsitz (Daihyō) Nariaki Nakayama
Secretary General Kazunori Inoue
PARC Chair Kazunori Inoue
Parliamentary affairs Kazunori Inoue
founding 25th September 2017
Headquarters 2-12-8 Minami- Ikebukuro , Toshima , Tokyo
Colours)
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    MPs in the Shūgiin
    2/465
    (June 2019)
    MPs in the Sangiin
    1/242
    (June 2019)
    Government grants 0.22 billion yen (2019)
    Website kibounotou.jp

    The Kibō no Tō ( Japanese 希望 の 党 , "Party of Hope"; eng. The Party of Hope ) is a small party in Japan . It was founded in September 2017 by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as an alternative to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party , but in May 2018, given the very low poll numbers, it merged almost entirely with the Democratic Progressive Party to form the People's Democratic Party ; only five members decided to stay in the Kibō no Tō. Since June 2019 it no longer fulfills the conditions required for recognition as a political party and has since been legally classified as a "political group".

    history

    prehistory

    Following on from the success of the Tomin First no Kai regional party in the 2017 Tokyo prefecture parliamentary elections , the House of Commons Masaru Wakasa ( 若 狭 勝 Wakasa Masaru ) founded a “political grouping” called “Nippon First no Kai” ( 日本 フ ァ ー ス ト の 会 ; such as "Unification Japan first") with the aim of enabling Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to return to the lower house by founding a national party . Wakasa was supported by several MPs such as B. Gōshi Hosono or Yoshimi Watanabe supported who had previously resigned from their parties.

    On September 25, 2017, Yuriko Koike founded the "Kibō no Tō" with a view to the Shūgiin election 2017 and appointed himself chairman. When choosing the party name, she resorted to the "Kibō no Juku" ( 希望 の 塾 , about "School of Hope") founded by her in 2016 , with which she recruited candidates for the 2017 elections to the prefectural parliament. At the time of its founding, the party had nine MPs as members. The founding came as a surprise to both the members of Nippon First no Kai and the press, as Koike had only informed the Nippon First members of their plans an hour before the press conference. In addition, Wakasa had previously stressed that Koike would not serve as chairman of the new party. It should also be noted that Koike held her short-term press conference around an hour before Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's expected dissolution conference. Another press conference followed on September 27, now with 14 members, at which the party’s principles were announced.

    Shūgiin election 2017

    On September 28, 2017, the Minshintō announced after consultation with Koike that it did not want to put up its own candidates for the election and assured its members that they would support them in the event of a candidacy for the Kibō no Tō. She had already lost a number of MPs to them. In addition, Nippon Ishin no Kai and Kibō no Tō decided not to put candidates against each other in the prefectures of Tokyo (25 majority electoral seats) and Osaka (19 majority electoral seats). The JTUC ( 日本 労 働 組合 総 連 合 会 Nippon rōdō kumiai sō rengō-kai ), which was previously related to the Minshintō , announced its intention to support Kibō no Tō in the future.

    After Koike had pointed out several times that they would not accept all supporters of the Minshinto and examine each candidate for its political position, several left-wing Minshinto members announced that they did not want to run for the Koikes party. These included, for example, the former Prime Ministers Naoto Kan and Yoshihiko Noda as well as the deputy chairman of the Minshinto, Yukio Edano . As a result, Edano founded the liberal -oriented Constitutional Democratic Party ( KDP for short , 立憲 民主党 Rikken Minshutō ) as an alternative to Kibō no Tō . The Kibō no Tō stated with regard to the selection process for candidates that, among other things, they would not accept persons who held high offices in the state organs in the past .

    Despite initially high public expectations of the Kibō no Tō, it was only able to win 50 seats in the election and thus fell well behind the LDP and became the third strongest force after the KDP. Compared to its composition before the election, it even lost 7 seats. Koike spoke of a "bitter result" and a "defeat" and apologized for their possibly "unpleasant statements", which they probably referred to the selection process of the Minshinto members.

    After Koike's withdrawal

    On November 10, 2017, the member of the House of Commons Yūichirō Tamaki was elected co-chair ( kyōdō-daihyō ) with 39 of 53 votes at a meeting of all MPs . In the election, he and Hiroshi Ōgushi ran , with Tamaki as a proponent of a constitutional change and thus belonged to the Koike camp ( 小池 派 Koike-ha ), while Ōgushi rejected this and the anti-Koike camp ( 反 小池 派 Han-Koike -ha ) was added. Since Koike himself did not have a seat in Kokkai , Tamaki now headed the party's parliamentary activities in his position.

    On November 14, 2017, Koike resigned from her post as chairwoman and justified this step with the "handover of the party leadership to the (newly established) executive committee". Tamaki was consequently appointed chairman and the office of co-chairman was abolished after only 4 days.

    On May 7, 2018, the Kibō no Tō merged with the Democratic Progressive Party (Minshintō) to form the Democratic People's Party , as their polling values ​​had previously been below 1% in many polls. Several right-wing conservative members rejected such an approach and therefore decided to split off under the leadership of Shigefumi Matsuzawa and continue the name "Kibō no To". Koike then finally resigned from the party and withdrew from national politics.

    In January 2019, the House of Lords faction of the Kibō no Tō merged with that of the Nippon Ishin no Kai . In the same month, Secretary General Kuniko Kōda announced that she would  no longer stand for the upper house election in July 2019 . Kyōko Nakayama also announced their withdrawal in April. After the upper house election, the Kibō no Tō, provided that the party chairman Matsuzawa were re-elected, would only have three members. For this reason, Matsuzawa announced in May 2019 that the party wanted to merge with Nippon Ishin no Kai by July 2019. On May 29, 2019, Matsuzawa and Kōda resigned because they could not convince the other party members of the merger. Nariaki Nakayama took over the chairmanship and Kazunori Inoue became general secretary. At the beginning of June, Kōda and Matsuzawa left the party, so that it lost its legal recognition as a political party with 3 remaining MPs.

    Election program 2017

    At the founding meeting on September 25, 2017, the following six principles and goals were resolved, which the party no longer explicitly pursues:

    1. as an open-minded conservative party to reduce the social divisions in the world and also in one's own country;
    2. a high degree of transparency, which respects the people's “right to know” and differs from the government's policy of interest groups (“Shigami policy”);
    3. Protecting the freedom and riches of life of the Japanese people, which form the basis for all to live with hope and vitality;
    4. a realistic diplomacy and security policy based on pacifism;
    5. efficient use of taxes, optimal use of private innovations and the creation of sustainable infrastructure;
    6. the realization of a society in which citizens can lead diverse lives, where young people have hope, older people are healthy for a long time, and women and men can be equally active.

    With a view to the elections on October 22, 2017, the party published its election manifesto with 9 pillars and election promises on October 6 . This includes the following focal points:

    1. Freezing of the sales or consumption tax increase planned for 2018 from 8% to 10%
    2. Reduction of MPs and diets
    3. Post-Abenomics Economic Policy (Yurinomics)
    4. Decommissioning of the nuclear power plants by 2030
    5. Improving employment, education and social services
    6. Realizing a society with diversity
    7. Strengthening regional vitality and competitiveness
    8. Constitutional amendment ( Article 9 and others)
    9. Thorough crisis management (with a view to North Korea)

    In addition, a so-called signpost with 12 zeros was announced in the event of victory:

    1. zero nuclear power plants
    2. zero government cover-ups
    3. zero donations from companies and organizations
    4. zero children waiting for public childcare
    5. zero passive smokers
    6. zero overcrowded trains
    7. zero pet euthanasia
    8. zero food losses
    9. zero black economy
    10. zero people with pollen allergy ( hay fever )
    11. zero difficulty getting around
    12. zero electricity pylons.

    Election results

    National

    year Lower House election results Upper house election results House of Lords Composition
    Candidates Majority vote Proportional representation
    Total mandates    		 Candidates Majority vote Proportional representation
    Total mandates
    Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates Share of votes Mandates
    When a party is founded 11/475 3/242
    2017 235 20.6% 18th 17.4% 32 50/465

    Member of the National Parliament

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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    2. ↑ Sōmushō, April 1, 2019: 平 成 31 年分 政党 交付 金 の 交付 決定 (PDF)
    3. ↑ twitter.com - 希望 の 党 、 再 ス タ ー ト！ , accessed May 7, 2018
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    8. ^ Reiji Yoshida: Democratic Party effectively disbands, throwing support behind Koike's party for Lower House poll. In: The Japan Times . September 28, 2017, accessed October 3, 2017 .
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    13. ↑ 希望 ・ 小池 代表 が 辞 任 ＝ 後任 に 玉 木 氏 . In: Jiji Tsūshinsha . November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017 (Japanese).
    14. ↑ 「支持 率 ゼ ロ こ れ が 僕 ら の 現 実」 希望 １ 回生 が 込 込 め た 思 い . In: Asahi Shimbun . May 1, 2018, Retrieved May 7, 2018 (Japanese).
    15. ↑ 松 沢 氏 ら が 新 「希望 の 党」 設立 ５ 人 が 参加 . In: Nihon Keizai Shimbun . May 7, 2018, Retrieved May 7, 2018 (Japanese).
    16. ↑ 維新 、 希望 が 参 院 統一 会 派 野 党 第三 会 派 に . In: Sankei Shimbun . January 23, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Japanese).
    17. ↑ 希望 ・ 行 田氏 が 参 院 選 不 出馬 を 表明 . In: Nihon Keizai Shimbun . January 8, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Japanese).
    18. ↑ 中山 恭子 元 拉 致 担当 相 が 参 院 選 不 出馬 を 正式 表明 . In: Sankei Shimbun . April 8, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Japanese).
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    20. ↑ 希望 ・ 松 沢 代表 が 辞 任 ＝ 後任 に 中山 中山 成 彬 氏 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019 (Japanese).
    21. ↑ 希望 の 党 、 政党 要件 失 う 行 田氏 が 離 党 . In: Nihon Keizai Shimbun . June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (Japanese).
    22. ↑ 維新 、 松 沢 氏 ら ４ 人 擁 立 ＝ 参 院 選 . In: Jiji Tsūshin . June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019 (Japanese).
    23. ↑ Official website: Programmatic (Japanese)
    24. ^ The Diplomat: Yuriko Koike's New Party: A Real Game-Changer for Japanese Politics? (September 28, 2017)
    25. ↑ logmi.jp: Kibō no tō ga kōyaku o happyō (party of hope announces promises) (Japanese)
    26. ↑ Asahi Shimbun: Kibō no tō ga kōyaku o happyō (Party of Hope Announces Promises) (Japanese) (October 6, 2017)
    27. ↑ sankei-news: Table of election promises (Japanese) (October 7, 2017)