Shinryokufūkai
The Shinryokufūkai ( Japanese 新 緑 風 会 , German about: "New Summer Wind Assembly") is a faction in the Japanese House of Lords, the Sangiin .
In 1994, the Shinryokufūkai was initially an independent association of independent members of the House of Lords who worked with the opposition to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party . The name is linked to the Ryokufūkai of the Shōwa period , which belonged to the largest factions in the first years after the creation of the Sangiin in 1947.
After the Shinryokufūkai lost many members to the Heiseikai (dt: " Heisei Assembly") from Shinshintō and Kōmeitō MPs, it was reformed in 1996 when the Democratic Party was founded and has since formed a joint faction with it. Since the 2007 election there has been a joint parliamentary group Democratic Party / Shinryokufūkai / New Japan Party ( 民主党 ・ 新 緑 風 会 ・ 日本 ) with 120 members in Sangiin.
The four members of Shinryokufūkai joined the Democratic Party in autumn 2009. "Shinryokufūkai" remained part of the group's name.
Individual evidence
- ^ Four Shinryokufukai Diet members apply to join DPJ. (No longer available online.) Democratic Party, October 20, 2009, formerly the original ; accessed on November 13, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 外 山 参 院 議員 が 民主 入党 、 社 民 宮 崎 「極 め て 遺憾」. In: Yomiuri Shimbun . October 21, 2009, archived from the original on October 24, 2009 ; Retrieved November 13, 2009 (Japanese).
