New People's Party

This article is about a former Japanese party. For the newly aligned Austrian party, see Austrian People's Party .

New People's Party
Kokumin Shinto
People's New Party
Parteivorsitz (Daihyō)	Shōzaburō Jimi
Deputy Chair	Kazuyuki Hamada
Secretary General	Kazuyuki Hamada
PARC Chair	Takeshi Noma
Parliamentary affairs	Takeshi Noma
Group chairmanship in the Sangiin	Shōzaburō Jimi
founding	2005
resolution	2013
Headquarters	2-14-7 Hirakawachō , Chiyoda , Tokyo Prefecture
Members	250,000 (2006)
MPs in the Shūgiin	0/480 (upon dissolution)
MPs in the Sangiin	2/242 (upon dissolution)
Government grants	442 million yen (2012)
Number of members	250,000 (2006)
Website	www.kokumin.or.jp

The New People's Party ( Japanese 国民 新 党 , Kokumin Shintō , English The People's New Party ) was a small political party in Japan that was founded in August 2005 by opponents of post-privatization. The so-called "rebels" had previously been excluded from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) by Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi . It broke up in March 2013.

A revision of post-privatization and other reforms to liberalize the economy of the Koizumi cabinets are still among the party's core demands. In socio-political terms , she takes traditional conservative positions: she rejects the right to vote for foreigners in prefectures and municipalities, as well as the admission of different family names for married couples. In the social systems she wants to achieve a "return of security" ( 安心 の 回復 , anshin no kaifuku ).

The New People's Party attracted international attention in 2007 when it nominated Alberto Fujimori, who was under arrest in Chile, as a candidate for the upper house elections.

The first party leader was Tamisuke Watanuki , who resigned after losing his parliamentary seat in the 2009 general election and was replaced by Shizuka Kamei . General Secretary Hisaoki Kamei also lost his MP in this election. His successor was first the House of Lords Shōzaburō Jimi , then in 2010 Mikio Shimoji .

In 2007 the party had four MPs each in the upper and lower house , but after the 2009 lower house elections it is only represented there by 3 MPs. Since then she has been represented in the cabinet by a coalition with the Democratic Party , initially with party chairman Kamei, and since 2010 by ex-general secretary Jimi. In April 2011, the party chairman Kamei and the political research council chairman Akiko Kamei were removed from their offices because of their opposition to the VAT increase decided by the coalition cabinet. Kamei had told the Democratic Party against a party decision to remain in the coalition that the New People's Party would leave the coalition. Both Kameis then submitted their withdrawal from the party.

In the 2012 general election , the party only won one constituency in Kagoshima. Takeshi Noma left the party in February 2013, leaving her with two members of the House of Lords. In March 2013, the party disbanded following a decision by Chairman Jimi. The other party member Kazuyuki Hamada did not support the decision to dissolve.

Election results

year	Lower House election results						Upper house election results
	Candidates	Direct dial		Proportional representation		Mandates	Candidates	Direct dial		Proportional representation		Mandates
		Share of votes	Mandates	Share of votes	Mandates			Share of votes	Mandates	Share of votes	Mandates
When founded						3/480						2/242
2005	12	0.5%	2/300	1.7%	2/180	4/480
2007							23	1.9%	1/73	2.2%	1/48	2/121 (2 not for election)
2009	18th	1.0%	3/300	1.7%	0/180	3/480
2010							7th	0.3%	0/73	1.7%	0/48	0/121 (3 not available)
2012	3	0.1%	1/300	0.1%	0/180	1/480

As of December 31, 2011, the New People's Party had no MPs at the prefectural level and two at the municipal level .

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The report on political funds ( memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 481 kB) from November 30, 2010 to the Sōmu-shō indicates 528 paying members. 
2. ↑ Kyodo News, August 29, 2005: Postal rebels to be expelled from LDP if they stay in party: Takebe ( Memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ↑ New People's Party: Political Program 2010 ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Kokumin Shinto dumps chief Kamei, sticks with ruling coalition. In: The Japan Times . April 6, 2012, accessed April 6, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Kokumin Shinto, DPJ try to muddle through as coalition takes new form. In: The Japan Times . April 7, 2012, accessed April 9, 2012 . 
6. ↑ New People's Party: 国民 新 党 解 党 の お 知 ら せ ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 92 kB) 
7. ↑ PNP head Jimi disbands 2-member party. In: Daily Yomiuri Online. March 23, 2013, accessed March 29, 2012 .