Taiyō no Tō

This article deals with the party founded in 2012 by the former LDP politicians Takeo Hiranuma and Shintarō Ishihara in Japan. For the 1996 to 1998 existing party with a similar name to the former LDP politician Tsutomu Hata, see Taiyōtō . For the Taiyō no Tō ( 塔 ), the "Tower of the Sun", a structure in Suita, see Tarō Okamoto .

Taiyō no Tō
The Sunrise Party
Parteivorsitz (Kyodo-Daihyō)	Takeo Hiranuma , Shintarō Ishihara
founding	November 2012 2010 as Tachiagare Nippon
resolution	November 2012
Headquarters	1-11-28 Akasaka , Minato , Tokyo Prefecture
MPs in the Shūgiin	2/480 (January 2011)
MPs in the Sangiin	3/242 (July 2010)
Website	www.taiyounotou.jp

The Taiyō no Tō ( Japanese 太陽 の 党 , Eng. "Party of the Sun"; Eng. The Sunrise Party ) was a political party in Japan . It was created on November 13, 2012 from the previous Tachiagare Nippon together with the former minister and governor Shintaro Ishihara . On November 17, 2012, it announced its dissolution and the merger with Nippon Ishin no Kai .

Tachiagare Nippon

Logo of the Tachiagare Nippon

Tachiagare Nippon ( Japanese た ち あ が れ 日本 , Eng. "Stand up, Japan"; Eng. The Sunrise Party of Japan ) was founded on April 10, 2010 before the 2010 Sangiin election by five members of the national parliament . The party chairman was Takeo Hiranuma (previously the Hiranuma group ), who initiated the establishment together with Kaoru Yosano after he left the LDP . The two were joined by Hiroyuki Sonoda ( Shūgiin , LDP), Yoshio Nakagawa ( Sangiin , LDP) and Takao Fujii (Sangiin, LDP). It thus had five members in the national parliament, which is a prerequisite for formal recognition as a party .

Other LDP MPs and the resigned Kunio Hatoyama , who are dissatisfied with Sadakazu Tanigaki's party leadership , have declared their sympathy with the new party; some had held accession negotiations. In June 2010, the Sangiin member Kyōko Nakayama joined the party. On January 13, 2011, founding member Yosano submitted his resignation from the party.

The name of the party was proposed by Shintarō Ishihara, then governor of Tokyo and a former LDP leader.

Tachiagare Nippon positioned himself clearly in opposition to the ruling Democratic Party . Their core demands included a revision of the 1947 constitution , a fundamental tax reform including an increase in value added tax - also demanded by the LDP - and a sustainable social system.

In January 2012, Tachiagare Nippon formed a factional community in Sangiin with the LDP.

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Jan Keuchel : "Tachiagare Nippon": Japan gets a new sunrise party. In: Handelsblatt. April 12, 2010, accessed April 28, 2010 . 
• Mizuho Aoki: Ishihara, Hiranuma unveil new party. In: The Japan Times . November 13, 2012, accessed November 13, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 維新 、 太陽 と の 合流 決定 ＝ 代表 石 原 氏 、 代行 に 橋下 氏 . In: The Wall Street Journal . November 17, 2012, Retrieved November 17, 2012 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Fujii tenders his resignation letter to LDP ahead of joining new party. In: The Japan Times . April 9, 2010, accessed April 10, 2010 . 
3. ^ Yosano exits party, seen angling for ruling bloc. In: The Japan Times Online. January 13, 2011, accessed January 13, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Tachiagare Nippon 綱領 ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 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. 
5. ↑ NHK News, April 8, 2010: 「た ち あ が れ 日本」 基本 政策 合意