Nippon Ishin no Kai
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The Japan Innovation Party (日本維新の会, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Restoration Association)[lower-alpha 2] is a conservative and right-wing populist[7][8] political party in Japan.[24] Formed as Initiatives from Osaka in October 2015 from a split in the old Japan Innovation Party, the party became the third-biggest opposition party in the National Diet following the July 2016 House of Councillors election.
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Japan Innovation Party 日本維新の会 | |
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Abbreviation | Ishin, JIP |
Leader | Nobuyuki Baba |
Secretary-General | Fujita Fumitake |
Deputy Leader | Hirofumi Yoshimura |
Founders | Ichirō Matsui Tōru Hashimoto |
Founded | 2 November 2015 (2015-11-02) |
Split from | Japan Innovation Party |
Headquarters | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Newspaper | Nippon Ishin[1] |
Student wing | Ishin Students |
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Political position | Centre-right[12][13][A] |
Colours | Green[14] |
Slogan | 維新はやる。まっすぐに、改革を。 Ishin wa yaru. Massuguni kaikaku o.[15] ("We'll do this. Innovation straight away.") |
Councillors | 20 / 248 |
Representatives | 41 / 465 |
Prefectural assembly members | 74 / 2,644 |
Municipal assembly members | 409 / 29,135 |
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^ A: The party is sometimes described as far-right,[lower-alpha 1][19][20][21] but voters in Japan perceive the party as centrist.[22][23] |
The party advocates decentralization,[2] federalism (Dōshūsei)[citation needed], free education,[25] and limited government policies.[8] Arguing to remove defense spending limits, and standing with the Liberal Democratic Party on revising the constitution,[26] the party gained conservative support during the 2021 general election, primarily in Osaka.[24]